DAY IN HISTORY

Monday, December 7, 2020

Today is the 342nd day of 2020 and the 77th day of autumn.

TODAY’S HISTORY:

In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing 2,403 American soldiers and civilians.

In 1999, the Recording Industry Association of America filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the online file-sharing service Napster.

In 2002, Iraq denied that it had weapons of mass destruction in a United Nations declaration.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Willa Cather (1873-1947), author; Eli Wallach (1915-2014), actor; Ted Knight (19231986), actor; Ellen Burstyn (1932- ), actress; Harry Chapin (19421981), singer-songwriter; Johnny Bench (1947- ), baseball player; Tom Waits (1949- ), singersongwriter; Larry Bird (1956- ), basketball player; Jeffrey Wright (1965), actor; Patrice O’neal (1969-2011), actor/ comedian; Sara Bareilles (1979- ), singer-songwriter; Emily Browning (1988- ), actress; Nicholas Hoult (1989- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Senate voted for a war resolution 820. The House of Representatives approved the resolution 388-1.

TODAY’S SPORTS:

In 2007, home-run record holder Barry Bonds by Andrews Mcmeel Almanac

pleaded not guilty to lying to investigators about using performance-enhancing drugs.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.” -- Willa Cather, “My Antonia”

TODAY’S NUMBER: 64 — servicemen lost by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the attack on Pearl Harbor on this day in 1941.

TODAY’S MOON: Last quarter moon (Dec. 7).