Today is Wednesday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2005. There are 24 days left in the year. On this date in 1941, Japanese forces attack American and British territories and possessions in the Pacific,

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2005. There are 24 days left in the year. On this date in 1941, Japanese forces attack American and British territories and possessions in the Pacific, including the home base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
In 1787, Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1796, electors choose John Adams to be the second president of the United States. In 1836, Martin Van Buren is elected the eighth president of the United States. In 1946, fire breaks out at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta; the blaze kills 119 people, including hotel founder W. Frank Winecoff. In 1972, America's last moon mission to date is launched as Apollo 17 blasts off from Cape Canaveral. In 1972, Imelda Marcos, wife of Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, is stabbed and seriously wounded by an assailant who is then shot dead by her bodyguards.
December 7, 1980: Nuclear-generated electricity must come to the Youngstown area in the near future to assure a stable electricity supply for industrial, commercial and residential use, says David Gundry, Youngstown Division manager of Ohio Edison Co.
The 177-year-old Loghurst Farm at Canfield, which has gone from log cabin to stagecoach stop to haven for runaway slaves on the underground railway, is ready to open to the public as a museum. Josephine Kyle donated the 1803 Loghurst Farm to the Western Reserve Historical Society.
The Rev. Bernard Bonnot, Youngstown diocesan director of communications, returns from a trip to the Peoples Republic of China with concern about the future of churches on Mainland China.
December 7, 1965: Nathaniel C. Lee, president of the Ohio and Youngstown chapters of the NAACP, is endorsed as a national board member of the NAACP representing Region 3 at the annual membership meeting of the Youngstown branch during a meeting at the W. Federal YMCA.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara orders the closing of 149 bases, including the Youngstown Air Force Reserve Base at Youngstown Municipal Airport. More than 700 reservists and 200 full-time civilian personnel will be affected.
Ashtabula County Treasurer Howard A. Fortney is told he needs a court order to continue the practice of seizing bank accounts for payment of delinquent taxes.
December 7, 1955: Third Ward Councilman Anthony B. Flask clashes with Mayor Frank X. Kryzan over the anticipated $715,000 city budget deficit. Flask accuses Kryzan of "railroading" the budget and says Fifth Ward Councilman John Oesch is opposing six new firefighters because Flask's brother is among the candidates.
Eight major companies move to solve one of the steel industry's most troublesome waste problems, disposing of pickle liquor. They will build a pilot disposal plant at Republic Steel Corp.'s Niles Plant. It will be the first American plant to utilize technology developed in Austria.
December 7, 1930: A survey of leading industries shows about $30 million will be expended in the Youngstown district in 1931 for residential and commercial building, utility expansions, street and road improvements, other public works and industrial expansion.
Youngstown schools spent more money per pupil than Akron on teachers' salaries, but spent less than Dayton, Toledo and Columbus, according to Ohio Department of Education reports on middle-sized Ohio cities.
About 60 percent of the properties sold at sheriff's sales for delinquent taxes over a year failed to bring sufficient money on the auction block to pay the tax delinquencies, a study shows.