Dec. 7, 1917

Death toll in Halifalx reaches over 5,000. Fires still rage in devastated sections. Holocaust continues to give up dead by the hundreds.

Dec. 7, 1937

Cold shuts schools in Miami, Fla. A southern cold wave causes three deaths and results in extensive crop damage, while up North, normally cold, barely shivers.

Dec. 7, 1997

Artisans representing a variety of crafts set up booths at the 24th annual Folk Arts Festival held at Cayuga Community

College on Saturday. The event was sponsored by the Students Activity Board which began organizing in July. The board will use the proceeds to fund future SAB events.

Dec. 7, 2002

In Gordon Flynn's home, an austere plaque stands guard on the living room wall. It reads: “Remember, remember the seventh of December, Japan's treachery, infamy and plot. By Americans all, and yet to be born, should never forget.” In 1991, the Moravia V.F.W. Post honored Flynn, a Pearl Harbor survivor, on the 50th anniversary of the attack.

- Compiled by Linda Simmons