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.
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2002: In Amsterdam, Netherlands, two Van Gogh paintings, "View of the Sea st Scheveningen" and "Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen," are stolen from the Van Gogh Museum. On July 26, 2004, two men would be convicted for the crime and sentenced to at least four years in prison each.
