U.S. Navy battleships at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 (l-r): USS West Virginia (BB-48) (sunk), USS Tennessee (BB-43) (damaged), and the USS Arizona (BB-39) (sunk). 1941 photo By USN; National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https commons.wikimedia.org
NATIONAL PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY
At dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in an attempt to cripple the fleet and hinder U.S. intervention in other Japanese targets in the South Pacific. The Japanese military expected that Germany would defeat Great Britain and the Soviet Union and that Japan would control the Pacific. The attack was opposed by Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who cautioned against a war with the United States, but he was overruled. After the attack, he said, “We have awakened a sleeping giant and have instilled in him a terrible resolve.” He was right. Although airfields, port facilities, and warships were severely damaged and two battleships, the Utah and the Arizona, were destroyed, the attack mobilized the United States and signaled its entry into World War II. Today the Arizona is a memorial and a national park.
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- DIED 1970: RUBE GOLDBERG (CARTOONIST)
- 1972: THE CREW OF APOLLO 17, WHILE ON THEIR WAY TO THE MOON, TOOK A PHOTO OF EARTH FROM ABOUT 28,000 MILES AWAY
- BORN 1973: TERRELL OWENS (FOOTBALL PLAYER)
- DIED 1975: THORNTON WILDER (PLAYWRIGHT)
- 1977: GORDIE HOWE BECAME THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER TO SCORE 1000 GOALS
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