WWII PEARL HARBOR
Three U.S. battleships are hit from the air during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Japan's bombing of U.S. military bases at Pearl Harbor brings the U.S. into World War II. From left are: USS West Virginia, severely damaged; USS Tennessee, damaged; and USS Arizona, sunk. (AP Photo)
Pacific Southwest Air Crash 1987
An unidentified man and woman console one another at San Francisco International Airport , Dec. 7, 1987 after learning of the crash of PSA Flight 1771 near Harmony, Calif. The Pacific Southwest Airlines commuter jet carried 44 people. There were reportedly no survivors. (AP Photo/Bill Beattie)
Charles Lindbergh Kidnap Case
For weeks during search for the Lindbergh baby named Charles, the finger of suspicion was pointed at these two people. Betty Gow, the baby nurse, who discovered the empty crib, and Ollie Wheatley, butler in Lindbergh’s Hopewell, N.J. home. They are shown at Flemington, New Jersey on Dec. 7, 1934 during the trial of John F. Curtis, Lindbergh hoaxer. (AP Photo)
PEARL HARBOR
A small boat rescues a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 during World War II. Two men can be seen on the superstructure, upper center. The mast of the USS Tennessee is beyond the burning West Virginia. (AP Photo)
KARZAI CHENEY
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, talks to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 7. 2004. Karzai was sworn in Tuesday as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, opening a new chapter for the impoverished country while warning that the wars against terrorism and drugs will require sustained international help. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, Pool)
Harry Gold, John Leahy
Harry Gold, 39, Swiss-born Philadelphia chemist, leaves U.S. District Court in Philadelphia on Dec. 7, 1950 during noon recess. Gold is awaiting sentence by court on espionage charges. He admitted aiding Dr. Klaus Fuchs, British scientist serving prison term for passing atomic secrets to Russia. At right is U.S. Marshall John D. Leahy. (AP Photo/Sam Myers )
Ford To Be Sworn In
Vice President Gerald Ford is served tea by his wife Betty in their Alexandria, Va., home, Dec. 7, 1973, before he left for his first full day in his new job. Ford, an avid sports fan and former football player at the University of Michigan, reads the sports pages which headline the transfer of the San Diego Padres National League baseball team to the Capital. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)