Intriguing Historical Events: December 7 Revealed

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, thus leading to World War II. This video will explore the important events that took place on this day in history!

December 7 is a significant day in history, and this video will take you through some of the most important events that took place on this date. If you're looking to learn more about this day in history, then this video is for you!

43 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator and politician is assassinated in Formiae by soldiers under the command of Marc Antony

1696 Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways in the U.S. is completed to Trumbull.

1787 Delaware is the 1st state to ratify the US constitution

1808 James Madison elected 4th US President and George Clinton Vice-President

1836 Martin Van Buren elected the 8th President of the United States

1869 Jesse James first confirmed bank robbery - he and his brother rob a bank in Gallatin, Missouri, shots cashier in a revenge killing

1909 Inventor Leo Baekeland patents the first thermo-setting plastic, Bakelite, sparking the birth of the plastics industry

1917 US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I

1937 Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work

1941 Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people

1963 First use of the instant replay machine invented by CBS in a US Army vs Navy football game

1967 Otis Redding records his song "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay”

1972 Apollo 17 launched, the final manned lunar landing mission where the crew takes the famous "blue marble" photo of the entire Earth

1981 Spain becomes a member of the NATO

1982 In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the US.

1988 PLO delegation lead by Yasser Arafat proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizing the existence of the State of Israel for the first time

1994 Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide

1995 American rock band The Grateful Dead break up after the death of Jerry Garcia

2015 Time Magazine readers name Bernie Sanders their 'person of the year’

2015 US Presidential candidate Donald Trump proposes banning all Muslims from entering the US

2020 Breaking, the competitive form of breakdancing, confirmed as an Olympic sport for the Paris 2024 games

2020 Coca-Cola named the world's No. 1 plastic polluter, in Break Free From Plastic's annual brand audit