7 December in internet history
Things that can be dated to 7 December: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.
Nothing this archive holds can be dated to 7 December. That is a statement about what has been researched so far, not about the day.
Also around this weekWithin three days
These did not happen on 7 December. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.
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Oxford University Press names it word of the year. Rizz Wikipedia — Rizz
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The site is launched. Digg Wikipedia — Digg
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs the episode “Malibu Beach Party From Hell”. A still of Taylor Armstrong crying and pointing circulates after a Daily Mail article the next day. Woman yelling at a cat Wikipedia — Woman yelling at a cat
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Gary Brolsma posts Numa Numa Dance to Newgrounds. He said he had found the song in a Japanese Flash animation of cartoon cats. Numa Numa Wikipedia — Numa Numa (video)
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The currency is launched, as a joke. Dogecoin Wikipedia — Dogecoin
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Yahoo buys it, for what its founder says was less than thirty million dollars. Delicious Wikipedia — Delicious (website)
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Pete Frates dies, aged 34. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Wikipedia — Ice Bucket Challenge
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Simon & Schuster publishes it as a children’s picture book, which sells more than sixty thousand copies in a week. What Does the Fox Say Wikipedia — The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)
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A new single is released after a gap of twelve years. Crazy Frog Wikipedia — Crazy Frog