December 7 in American History
Japanese aircraft struck the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing over 2,400 Americans and sinking or damaging much of the Pacific Fleet. President Roosevelt called it "a date which will live in infamy." The next day America was at war, and the course of the 20th century turned.
In 1941: the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese aircraft struck the U.S.
Japanese aircraft struck the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing over 2,400 Americans and sinking or damaging much of the Pacific Fleet. President Roosevelt called it "a date which will live in infamy." The next day America was at war, and the course of the 20th century turned.
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