| Madame Marie Tussaud, created wax museum | |
| Delaware ratifies the Constitution, becomes the first state. | |
| the New York Philharmonic plays its first concert. | |
| Pearl Harbor is attacked ('A day that will live in infamy.') | |
| first Japanese submarine sunk by American ship (USS Ward) | |
| France grants the Ivory Coast independence (National Day) | |
| Apollo 17, last of the Apollo moon series, launched. | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0