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A bit of December 7th history…
43 BC - Cicero, Roman orator and politician is assassinated
1909 - Inventor Leo Baekeland patents the 1st thermo-setting plastic, Bakelite, sparking the birth of the plastics industry
1941 - Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2403 people (pictured)
1972 - Apollo 17 launched, the final manned lunar landing mission where the crew takes the famous “blue marble” photo of the entire Earth
1988 - PLO delegation led by Yasser Arafat proclaims the state of Palestine, recognizing the existence of the state of Israel for the 1st time
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