Born:
Daniel Jones, born in Pembroke, Wales, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968
More Notable Birthdays on December 7:
1956 - Larry Bird, hoop star for the Boston Celtics
1949 - Tom Waits, born in California, rocker/song writer, Blue Valentine
1942 - Harry Chapin, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Taxi, Cat's in the Craddle
1937 - Thad Cochran, born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Senator-R-Mississippi 1978
1928 - Noam Chomsky, linguist, founded transformational grammar
