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On this day: December 7

POSTED: 10:21 PM PST Dec 06, 2012 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 06, 2012

Jesse James robs his first bank, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, America heads to the moon one last time, instant replay is born, and Rod Blagojevich goes to prison, all on this day.

OTD December 7 - Rube Goldberg — 24 / 45

Library of Congress

1970: Cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg dies at the age of 87. Goldberg was best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complex gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. The machines would become known as "Rube Goldberg machines."

OTD December 7 - Royal Opera House

OTD December 7 - US Constitution

OTD December 7 - John Adams

OTD December 7 - James Madison

OTD December 7 - William Bligh

OTD December 7 - Martin Van Buren

OTD December 7 - New York Philharmonic

OTD December 7 - Richard Sears

OTD December 7 - Jesse James

OTD December 7 - Thomas Nast

OTD December 7 - Louis Prima

OTD December 7 - Eli Wallach

OTD December 7 - Ted Knight

OTD December 7 - Noam Chomsky

OTD December 7 - Ellen Burstyn

OTD December 7 - Pearl Harbor

OTD December 7 - Harry Chapin

OTD December 7 - Winecoff Hotel fire

OTD December 7 - Johnny Bench

OTD December 7 - Tom Waits

OTD December 7 - Larry Bird

OTD December 7 - instant replay

OTD December 7 - C Thomas Howell

OTD December 7 - Rube Goldberg

OTD December 7 - Wings

OTD December 7 - Apollo 17

OTD December 7 - Thornton Wilder

OTD December 7 - Star Trek

OTD December 7 - Sara Bareilles

OTD December 7 - lethal injection

OTD December 7 - Gorbachev Reagan

OTD December 7 - Spitak earthquake

OTD December 7 - Yasser Arafat

OTD December 7 - Leonard-Duran

OTD December 7 - LIRR massacre

OTD December 7 - Galileo at Jupiter

OTD December 7 - Napster

OTD December 7 - Ocean's Eleven

OTD December 7 - Van Gogh thefts

OTD December 7 - Hebei Spirit

OTD December 7 - Barry Bonds

OTD December 7 - NFL in Canada

OTD December 7 - Elizabeth Edwards

OTD December 7 - Harry Morgan

OTD December 7 - Rod Blagojevich

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