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December
7th Celebrity Birthdays
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Harry Chapin (1942-1981)
Aaron Carter (1987)
Sara Bareilles (1979)
Tom Waits (1949)
Ellen Burstn (1932)
Terrell Owens (1973)
Ted Knight (1923-1986)
Emily Browning (1988)
Larry Bird (1956)
C. Thomas Howell (1966)
Tom Waits (1945)
Eli Wallach (1915)
Larry Bird (1956) |
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December
7th is 'A Day That Will Live In Infamy"
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| "Yesterday, December
7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States
of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval
and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The United States was at peace with that nation, and, at
the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with
its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance
of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese
air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American island
of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and
his colleague delivered to our secretary of state a formal
reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated
that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic
negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed
attack.
It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan
makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned
many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time
the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive
the United States by false statements and expressions of
hope for continued peace."
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About
Pearl Pearl Harbor
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► There were 2,403 people killed, 68 of those were civilians.
1,178 were wounded in the attack at Pearl Harbor.
► The USS Arizona, the USS Nevada, the USS Oklahoma, and
the USS West Virginia were all destroyed in the attack.
► There were two waves of planes that attacked the U.S
Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor that morning. The first arrived
at 7:55 a.m. and consisted of 181 planes. The second wave arrived
almost an hour later with 170 planes.
► Japanese losses were light, they lost only 29 planes.
► A total of twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet
were sunk or damaged during the attack. |
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December
7th's Brealking News
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There will be no Christmas pageant in Washington, DC this
year...
Apparently they could not find three wise men.
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