Sunday, December 7, 2008

Today in History

1941- The Jappanees Navy attacked Pearl Harbor and the US was officially in World War II.
1963 Videotaped instant replay was used for the first time in a live sports telecast during the Army-Navy football game on CBS.
1993 A gunman opened fire on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train, killing six people and wounding 17. Colin Ferguson was later sentenced to a minimum of 200 years in prison.
2002 Iraq denied it had weapons of mass destruction in a declaration to the United Nations.
2007 Baseball home run king Barry Bonds pleaded not guilty in San Francisco to charges he'd lied to federal investigators about using performance-enhancing drugs.

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