December 7 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for December 7
In the headlines today:

2004	IBM announces the sale of its personal computer division to Chinese manufacturer Lenovo.
1996	The NASA space shuttle Columbia (flight STS 80) lands after a 19-day mission -- the longest shuttle flight to date.
1993	Henri Konan Bedie proclaims himself president of Ivory Coast.
1988	A massive earthquake strikes northern Armenia in the USSR, killing 25,000 people.
1985	Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart dies in Hanover, NH, at age 70.
1972	Apollo 17, NASA's final moon landing mission, lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1970	Harry Reasoner begins his duties as co-anchor (with Howard K. Smith) of The ABC Evening News, succeeding Frank Reynolds.
1970	Cartoonist-inventor Rube Goldberg dies in New York City at age 87.
1965	The Roman and Orthodox churches reconcile for the first time since 1054.
1941	Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, forcing the US into World War II.
1917	The US declares war on Austria and Hungary, during WWI.
1836	Martin Van Buren is elected to be the 8th US president.
1835	The first railroad in Germany opens, with tracks connecting Nurnberg and Furth.
1796	John Adams is selected as the second US president.
1787	Delaware is the first American colony to ratify the Constitution, and thus becomes the first state admitted to the US.