Today in History

December 7

1895 - Ethiopians defeat Italians at Ambia Alagi, Abyssinia.

1941 - Japanese air forces attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

1988 - An estimated 100,000 people are killed or buried alive in a powerful earthquake in northern Armenia.

1993 - Ivory Coast President Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Africa’s longestserving ruler, dies.

2008 - Pakistani troops raid a militant camp and arrest Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi. 2012 - Hamas leader Khalid Mesha’al arrives in the Gaza Strip, ending 45 years of exile.

2016 - Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing all 47 passengers.