December 7 - This day in History

December 7: General Interest
1941: Pearl Harbor bombed

At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu... read more


American Revolution
1787 : Delaware ratifies the Constitution
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/delaware-ratifies-the-constitution


Automotive
1964 : NYC officials revive Lower Manhattan Expressway
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nyc-officials-revive-lower-manhattan-expressway


Civil War
1862 : Yankess and Rebels clash at the Battle of Prairie Grove
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-prairie-grove-arkansas


Cold War
1987 : Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in United States for summit with Ronald Reagan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mikhail-gorbachev-arrives-in-united-states-for-summit-with-ronald-reagan


Crime
1993 : Commute of terror
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/commute-of-terror


Disaster
1988 : Earthquakes wreak havoc in Armenia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquakes-wreak-havoc-in-armenia


General Interest
1787 : The First State
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-state

1975 : Indonesia invades East Timor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/indonesia-invades-east-timor

1982 : First execution by lethal injection
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-execution-by-lethal-injection

1988 : Earthquake devastates Armenia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-devastates-armenia


Hollywood
2001 : Clooney stars in Sinatra role in Ocean's Eleven remake
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clooney-stars-in-sinatra-role-in-oceans-eleven-remake


Literary
1873 : Willa Cather is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/willa-cather-is-born


Music
1963 : The Singing Nun reaches #1 on the U.S. pop charts with "Dominique"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-singing-nun-reaches-1-on-the-us-pop-charts-with-quotdominiquequot


Old West
1805 : Lewis and Clark temporarily settle in Fort Clatsop
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lewis-and-clark-temporarily-settle-in-fort-clatsop


Presidential
1941 : FDR reacts to news of Pearl Harbor bombing
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-reacts-to-news-of-pearl-harbor-bombing


Sports
1989 : Sugar Ray Leonard fights Roberto Duran for the third and final time
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sugar-ray-leonard-fights-roberto-duran-for-the-third-and-final-time


Vietnam War
1964 : Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/situation-deteriorates-in-south-vietnam

1965 : McNamara predicts that more U.S. troops will be needed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcnamara-predicts-that-more-us-troops-will-be-needed


World War I
1916 : David Lloyd George becomes prime minister of Britain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/david-lloyd-george-becomes-prime-minister-of-britain


World War II
1941 : "A date which will live in infamy"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-date-which-will-live-in-infamy