December 7
1787 - Delaware became the first state when it was the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1796 - Electors chose John Adams to be the second president of the United States.
1917 - The United States declared war on Austria-Hungary and entered World War I.
1941 - Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy's fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, an act which would draw the United States into World War II.
1972 - America's final mission to the moon, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral.
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 people.
2001 - Taliban forces fled from Kandahar, their last stronghold in Afghanistan.
2002 - Iraq formally declared to the United Nations that it possessed no weapons of mass destruction.
2004 - Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly-elected president.
2012 - President Barack Obama asked Congress for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy (lawmakers ended up passing a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure in addition to a $9.7 billion bill to replenish the National Flood Insurance Program).
2017 - Democratic Sen. Al Franken said he would resign after a series of sexual harassment allegations; he took a parting shot at President Donald Trump, describing him as “a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault.” Republican Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona said he would resign, after revealing that he discussed surrogacy with two female staffers.
2018 - The man who drove his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia was convicted of first-degree murder; a state jury rejected defense arguments that James Alex Fields Jr. acted in self-defense.
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.
2021 - A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for more than five hours, impacting everything from airline reservations and auto dealerships to payment apps and video streaming services.
Birthdays
26 - Asian Doll (rapper)
28 - Pete Alonso (baseball player)
29 - Jasmine Villegas (singer)
29 - Indyamarie (model)
29 - Clara Berry (model)
34 - Emily Browning (actress)
37 - Jon Moxley (professional wrestler)
40 - Jack Huston (actor)
43 - Jennifer Carpenter (actress)
43 - Sara Bareilles (siner)
44 - Shiri Appleby (actress)
45 - Andrea Lopez (actress)
45 - Chris Chalk (actor)
46 - Sunny Sweeney (singer)
47 - Nicole Appleton (singer)
49 - Terrell Owens (football player)
56 - C. Thomas Howell (actor)
57 - Jeffrey Wright (actor)
58 - Patrick Fabian (actor)
65 - Priscilla Barnes (actress)
66 - Larry Bird (basketball player)
74 - Gary Morris (singer)
75 - Johnny Bench (baseball player)
82 - Carole Simpson (broadcast journalist)
90 - Ellen Burstyn (actress)
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Today in Sports History - December 7
1918 - Washington University (Missouri) defeats Nebraska 20-7 in a postseason charity game; NU ends season at 2-3-1.
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 football 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 Game in St. Louis, Missouri.
2017 - Former U.S. gymnastics physician Larry Nasser is sentenced to 60 years on child pornography charges.
2020 - Breaking, the competitive form of breakdancing, is confirmed as an Olympic sport for the Paris 2024 games.
1787 - Delaware became the first state when it was the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1796 - Electors chose John Adams to be the second president of the United States.
1917 - The United States declared war on Austria-Hungary and entered World War I.
1941 - Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy's fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, an act which would draw the United States into World War II.
1972 - America's final mission to the moon, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral.
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 people.
2001 - Taliban forces fled from Kandahar, their last stronghold in Afghanistan.
2002 - Iraq formally declared to the United Nations that it possessed no weapons of mass destruction.
2004 - Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly-elected president.
2012 - President Barack Obama asked Congress for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy (lawmakers ended up passing a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure in addition to a $9.7 billion bill to replenish the National Flood Insurance Program).
2017 - Democratic Sen. Al Franken said he would resign after a series of sexual harassment allegations; he took a parting shot at President Donald Trump, describing him as “a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault.” Republican Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona said he would resign, after revealing that he discussed surrogacy with two female staffers.
2018 - The man who drove his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia was convicted of first-degree murder; a state jury rejected defense arguments that James Alex Fields Jr. acted in self-defense.
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.
2021 - A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for more than five hours, impacting everything from airline reservations and auto dealerships to payment apps and video streaming services.
Birthdays
26 - Asian Doll (rapper)
28 - Pete Alonso (baseball player)
29 - Jasmine Villegas (singer)
29 - Indyamarie (model)
29 - Clara Berry (model)
34 - Emily Browning (actress)
37 - Jon Moxley (professional wrestler)
40 - Jack Huston (actor)
43 - Jennifer Carpenter (actress)
43 - Sara Bareilles (siner)
44 - Shiri Appleby (actress)
45 - Andrea Lopez (actress)
45 - Chris Chalk (actor)
46 - Sunny Sweeney (singer)
47 - Nicole Appleton (singer)
49 - Terrell Owens (football player)
56 - C. Thomas Howell (actor)
57 - Jeffrey Wright (actor)
58 - Patrick Fabian (actor)
65 - Priscilla Barnes (actress)
66 - Larry Bird (basketball player)
74 - Gary Morris (singer)
75 - Johnny Bench (baseball player)
82 - Carole Simpson (broadcast journalist)
90 - Ellen Burstyn (actress)
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Today in Sports History - December 7
1918 - Washington University (Missouri) defeats Nebraska 20-7 in a postseason charity game; NU ends season at 2-3-1.
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 football 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 Game in St. Louis, Missouri.
2017 - Former U.S. gymnastics physician Larry Nasser is sentenced to 60 years on child pornography charges.
2020 - Breaking, the competitive form of breakdancing, is confirmed as an Olympic sport for the Paris 2024 games.
