TODAY 7TH DECEMBER IN HISTORY
On this day 7th dec. in history has a lot of great happenings to be reckoned with but the most significant is the bombing of the U.S maval base at Pearl Harbour in 1941
- Lead Story
- Pearl Harbor bombed, 1941
- American Revolution
- Delaware ratifies the Constitution, 1787
- Automotive
- NYC officials revive Lower Manhattan Expressway, 1964
- Civil War
- Yankess and Rebels clash at the Battle of Prairie Grove, 1862
- Cold War
- Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in United States for summit with Ronald Reagan, 1987
- Crime
- Commute of terror, 1993
- Disaster
- Earthquakes wreak havoc in Armenia, 1988
- General Interest
- The First State, 1787
- Indonesia invades East Timor, 1975
- First execution by lethal injection, 1982
- Earthquake devastates Armenia, 1988
- Hollywood
- Clooney stars in Sinatra role in Ocean’s Eleven remake, 2001
- Literary
- Willa Cather is born, 1873
- Music
- The Singing Nun reaches #1 on the U.S. pop charts with "Dominique", 1963
- Old West
- Lewis and Clark temporarily settle in Fort Clatsop, 1805
- Presidential
- FDR reacts to news of Pearl Harbor bombing, 1941
- Sports
- Sugar Ray Leonard fights Roberto Duran for the third and final time, 1989
- Vietnam War
- Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam, 1964
- McNamara predicts that more U.S. troops will be needed, 1965
- World War I
- David Lloyd George becomes prime minister of Britain, 1916
- World War II
- "A date which will live in infamy, 1941
