Today in History: December 7, Apollo 17 blasts off

In the modern day is Sunday Dec the st day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On Dec America s last crewed moon mission to date was launched as Apollo blasted off from Cape Canaveral Also on this date In Delaware became the first state to ratify the U S Constitution Related Articles Hegseth defends strikes on alleged cartel boats says Trump can order use of force as he sees fit In the modern day in History December th Amendment ratified abolishing slavery Frank Gehry dies at celebrated architect designed Facebook HQ in Menlo Park LA s Walt Disney Concert Hall Mother of missing New York boy admitted she was a single mother before changing story Disneyland diehard to set record with th ride on Radiator Springs Racers In the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U S Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii killing more than Americans The United States declared war against Japan the following day In convicted murderer Charlie Brooks Jr became the first U S prisoner to be executed by lethal injection at a prison in Huntsville Texas In a major earthquake in the Soviet Union devastated northern Armenia killing at least people In six people were killed and wounded in a mass shooting aboard a Long Island Rail Road train in New York In Hamid Karzai HAH -mihd KAHR -zeye was sworn in as Afghanistan s first popularly elected president In James Alex Fields Jr who drove his car into a crowd of counterdemonstrators at a white nationalist rally in Virginia was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer an anti-racism activist He was later sentenced on that and other convictions to life in prison plus years In the newly-restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was reopened to the populace after a devastating blaze nearly destroyed the beloved Gothic masterpiece in World leaders attended the reopening ceremony amid great fanfare and celebration In current times s Birthdays Linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky is Actor Ellen Burstyn is Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench is Singer-songwriter Tom Waits is Republican Sen Susan M Collins of Maine is Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird is Actor Jeffrey Wright is Actor C Thomas Howell is Football Hall of Famer Terrell Owens is Football Hall of Famer Alan Faneca is Actor Shiri Appleby is Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles bah-REHL -es is Actor Nicholas Hoult is MLB All-Star Pete Alonso is Olympic swimming gold medalist Torri Huske is