Event:
Rod Blagojevich, the former Governor of the State of Illinois, is issued a sentence of 14 years in jail for corruption
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
