December 7, 1787 (238 years ago)
•Delware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution

December 7, 1941 (84 years ago)
•The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

December 7, 1972 (53 years ago)
•Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as "The Blue Marble" as they leave the Earth.