This Day in History

By The Associated Press - 12/07/2007

Today

Friday, Dec. 7, is the

341st day of 2007. There are 24 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight:

In 1941, Japanese forces attacked American and British territories and

possessions in the Pacific, including the home base

of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

On this date:

In 1907, the first Christmas Seals to help the fight against tuberculosis were sold, in Wilmington, Del. (Some sources say Dec. 9.)

In 1982, convicted murderer Charlie Brooks Jr. became the first U.S.

prisoner to be executed by injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas.

Birthdays

Actor Eli Wallach is 92. Bluegrass singer Bobby Osborne is 76. Actress Ellen Burstyn is 75. Broadcast journalist Carole Simpson is 67. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Johnny Bench is 60. Country singer Gary Morris is 59. Singer-songwriter Tom Waits is 58. Actress Priscilla Barnes is 52. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird is 51. Former “Tonight Show” announcer Edd Hall is 49. Rock musician Tim Butler (The Psychedelic Furs) is 49. Actor Jeffrey Wright is 42. Actor C. Thomas Howell is 41. Pop singer Nicole Appleton (All Saints) is 32. Country singer Sunny Sweeney is 31. Actress Shiri Appleby is 29. Singer Aaron Carter is 20.

Worth repeating ...

“There are no warlike

peoples — just warlike leaders.”

— Ralph Bunche, Nobel Peace laureate (1904-1971)