December 7
1787 - Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1796 - Electors chose John Adams to become the second president of the United States.
1917 - The United States declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I.
1941 - The Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as well as targets in Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippines and Wake Island; the United States declared war against Japan the next day.
1972 - America's final manned mission to the moon, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1975 - Indonesia invaded East Timor, leading to a 25-year occupation.
1982 - Convicted murderer Charlie Brooks Jr. became the first U.S. prisoner to be executed by injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas.
1988 - A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Armenia, killing more than 25,000.
2001 - Taliban forces fled Kandahar, their final stronghold in Afghanistan.
2002 - Iraq formally declared to the U.N. it had no weapons of mass destruction.
2004 - Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.
2017 - Democratic Sen. Al Franken said he would resign after a series of sexual harassment allegations.
2018 - James Alex Fields Jr., who drove his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia, was convicted of first-degree murder.
2020 - Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who in 1947 became the first person to fly faster than sound, died at 97.
Birthdays
29 - Pete Alonso (baseball player)
30 - Clara Berry (model)
30 - Indyamarie (model)
30 - Jasmine Villegas (singer)
32 - Laci Kay Somers (model)
35 - Emily Browning (actress)
38 - Jon Moxley (professional wrestler)
41 - Jack Huston (actor)
44 - Jennifer Carpenter (actress)
44 - Sara Bareilles (singer)
46 - Chris Chalk (actor)
46 - Andrea Lopez (actress)
47 - Sunny Sweeney (singer)
48 - Nicole Appleton (singer)
50 - Terrell Owens (football player)
51 - Kimberly Gregory (actress)
57 - C. Thomas Howell (actor)
58 - Jeffrey Wright (actor)
59 - Patrick Fabian (actor)
65 - Edd Hall (TV announcer)
66 - Priscilla Barnes (actress)
67 - Larry Bird (basketball player)
75 - Gary Morris (singer)
76 - Johnny Bench (baseball player)
83 - Carole Simpson (broadcast journalist)
91 - Ellen Burstyn (actress)
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Today in Sports History - December 7
1937 - The Boston Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams.
1939 - Lou Gehrig was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame. He was the first player to have the rule waived that required a player to be retired one year before he could be elected.
1949 - Notre Dame split end Leon Hart wins the Heisman Trophy.
1963 - During the Army-Navy game, videotaped instant replay was used for the first time in a live sports telecast.
1985 - Auburn running back Bo Jackson wins the Heisman Trophy.
1996 - Texas upsets #3 Nebraska 37-27 in the inaugural Big 12 Championship Football Game in St. Louis.
2017 - Former US gymnastics physician Larry Nasser is sentenced to 60 years on child pornography charges.
2022 - Aaron Judge signed a nine-year, $360 million contract – baseball's biggest free agent deal in history to that point – to remain with the New York Yankees.
1787 - Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1796 - Electors chose John Adams to become the second president of the United States.
1917 - The United States declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I.
1941 - The Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as well as targets in Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippines and Wake Island; the United States declared war against Japan the next day.
1972 - America's final manned mission to the moon, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1975 - Indonesia invaded East Timor, leading to a 25-year occupation.
1982 - Convicted murderer Charlie Brooks Jr. became the first U.S. prisoner to be executed by injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas.
1988 - A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Armenia, killing more than 25,000.
2001 - Taliban forces fled Kandahar, their final stronghold in Afghanistan.
2002 - Iraq formally declared to the U.N. it had no weapons of mass destruction.
2004 - Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.
2017 - Democratic Sen. Al Franken said he would resign after a series of sexual harassment allegations.
2018 - James Alex Fields Jr., who drove his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia, was convicted of first-degree murder.
2020 - Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who in 1947 became the first person to fly faster than sound, died at 97.
Birthdays
29 - Pete Alonso (baseball player)
30 - Clara Berry (model)
30 - Indyamarie (model)
30 - Jasmine Villegas (singer)
32 - Laci Kay Somers (model)
35 - Emily Browning (actress)
38 - Jon Moxley (professional wrestler)
41 - Jack Huston (actor)
44 - Jennifer Carpenter (actress)
44 - Sara Bareilles (singer)
46 - Chris Chalk (actor)
46 - Andrea Lopez (actress)
47 - Sunny Sweeney (singer)
48 - Nicole Appleton (singer)
50 - Terrell Owens (football player)
51 - Kimberly Gregory (actress)
57 - C. Thomas Howell (actor)
58 - Jeffrey Wright (actor)
59 - Patrick Fabian (actor)
65 - Edd Hall (TV announcer)
66 - Priscilla Barnes (actress)
67 - Larry Bird (basketball player)
75 - Gary Morris (singer)
76 - Johnny Bench (baseball player)
83 - Carole Simpson (broadcast journalist)
91 - Ellen Burstyn (actress)
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Today in Sports History - December 7
1937 - The Boston Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams.
1939 - Lou Gehrig was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame. He was the first player to have the rule waived that required a player to be retired one year before he could be elected.
1949 - Notre Dame split end Leon Hart wins the Heisman Trophy.
1963 - During the Army-Navy game, videotaped instant replay was used for the first time in a live sports telecast.
1985 - Auburn running back Bo Jackson wins the Heisman Trophy.
1996 - Texas upsets #3 Nebraska 37-27 in the inaugural Big 12 Championship Football Game in St. Louis.
2017 - Former US gymnastics physician Larry Nasser is sentenced to 60 years on child pornography charges.
2022 - Aaron Judge signed a nine-year, $360 million contract – baseball's biggest free agent deal in history to that point – to remain with the New York Yankees.
