December 7
Today in America's Present Past
1754 | Revolutionary War hero Jack Jouett was born.
1787 | Statehood: Delaware was granted statehood (the first).
1808 | POTUS: James Madison was elected President.
1836 | POTUS: Martin Van Buren was elected President.
1862 | Civil War: The Battle of Hartsville, Tennessee.
1863 | Entrepreneur Richard Warren Sears was born.
1869 | Outlaw Jesse James’ first confirmed bank robbery, committed n Gallatin, Missouri.
1873 | Author Willa Cather was born.
1902 | Cartoonist and journalist Thomas Nast died.
1909 | Inventor Whitcomb Judson died.
1919 | Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee was born.
1927 | Carl Eliason patented the snowmobile.
1928 | Author Noam Chomsky was born.
1941 | WWII: Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, killing over 2,400 Americans.
1943 | Poet James Tate was born.
1956 | Basketball Pro Larry Bird was born.
1958 | Pro Wrestler “Ravishing” Rick Rude was born.
1966 | Actor C. Thomas Howell was born.
1970 | Cartoonist Rube Goldberg died.
1979 | Film: “Star Trek” debuted.
1985 | SCOTUS: Justice Potter Stewart died.
1987 | Cold War: Soviet leader Gorbachev arrives in the US for a summit meeting with President Reagan.
2004 | Entrepreneur Jay Van Andel died.
2006 | Diplomat Jeane Kirkpatrick died.
2011 | Actor Harry Morgan died.
2020 | Aviator Chuck Yeager died.