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.
NASA
1972: Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch is also the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the final crewed launch of a Saturn V rocket. The crew takes the photograph known as "The Blue Marble" as they leave the Earth.
