Event:
At auction, John James Audubon's 'Birds of America' sells for a record price of $10.3 million
More Notable Events on December 7: 1988 Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St. crowds upon arrival in New York City
1981 Spain becomes a member of the NATO alliance
1949 Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan
1945 Microwave oven patented
1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy
