Thursday, December 07, 2017

History for December 7

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History for December 7 - On-This-Day.com
Willa Cather 1873, Donald Albert Hall 1898 - Aircraft designer (Spirit of St. Louis), Eli Wallach 1915
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 Harry Chapin 1942, Johnny Bench (MLB) 1947, Larry Bird (NBA) 1956
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 1796 - John Adams was elected to be the second president of the United States.
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 1836 - Martin Van Buren was elected the eighth president of the United States.
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 1925 - Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a world record in the 150-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 25 and 2/5 seconds. He went on to play "Tarzan" in several movies.
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 1941 - Pearl Harbor, located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese warplanes. The attack resulted in the U.S. entering into World War II.
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 1971 - Libya announced the nationalization of British Petroleum's assets.
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 1972 - Apollo 17 was launched at Cape Canaveral. It was the last U.S. moon mission.
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 1993 - Six people were killed and 17 were injured when a gunman opened fire on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train.
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 1998 - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno declined to seek an independent counsel investigation of President Clinton over 1996 campaign financing.
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