December 7th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts |
December 7th History Highlights |
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A Day That Will Live In Infamy |
“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.” There were 2,403 people killed, 68 of those were civilians. 1,178 were wounded in the attack at Pearl Harbor. 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. |
December 7th is… |
International Civil Aviation Day Letter Writing Day National Cotton Candy Day Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day |
December 7th Birthday Quotes |
Oh, if a man tried to take his time on earth and prove before he died what one man’s life could be worth, I wonder what would happen to this world? I’ve got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it. Being able to do as one pleases is the natural goal of the libertarian, but having nothing to do is not. While it may be correct to say that the human species is badly prepared for having nothing to do, it is quite a different matter to say that it is badly prepared for the freedom to do as one pleases. People who are able to do as they please may work very hard, given the opportunity to do interesting work. Hello my Country We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns. |
December 7th Birthdays |
1863 – Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founder of Sears (died in 1914) 1904 – Clarence Nash, American voice actor, Donald Duck (died in 1985) 1910 – Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and performer (died in 1978) 1915 – Eli Wallach, American actor (died in 2014) 1923 – Ted Knight, American actor, and comedian (died in 1986) 1924 – Bent Fabric (Bent Fabricius-Bjerre), Danish pianist and composer 1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist, and philosopher 1932 – Ellen Burstyn, American actress 1942 – Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 1981) 1949 – Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter 1956 – Larry Bird, American basketball player 1958 – Rick Rude (Richard Erwin Rood), American wrestler 1966 – C. Thomas Howell, American actor 1973 – Terrell Owens, American football player, and actor 1979 – Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter 1987 – Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter 1989 – Nicholas Hoult, English actor |
December 7th History |
1732 The Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) was opened on London. 1787 1842 1869 1891 1909 1932 1946 1957 1963 1960 1972
1974 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1988 1990 1991 1995 1996 2001 2007 2008 2016 |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
Gyms would be more successful if they hounded you to come in and work out as they hound you to come back after your membership expires. “How you spend your time when you are not working or studying says everything about who you are and what is motivating your life.” – Jennifer Elisabeth The Capital of Bhutan is Thimphu “I’ll have what she’s having.” – Customer (Estelle Reiner) in When Harry Met Sally…, 1989 Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman When they start with the punchline . . . How do you know if your friend is a bad comedian? “I hope you get everything you deserve” can be taken as a blessing or a curse, depending on the person saying it and the person hearing it. “Here’s looking at you, kid.” – Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) #moviequotes “Oh no, I’ve seen way too many Bond movies to know that you never reveal all the details of your plan, no matter how close you may think you are to winning. ” – Azrael A group of Salamanders is called a Congress. If there are infinite universes, there’s one in which coin flips always result in heads, and a scientist is deemed as crazy for saying there’s a 50% chance that a coin flip results in tails. Meatloaf – Real Name: Marvin Lee Aday The best way to get rid of mosquitos would be with a really big laser aimed at the sky. They could see it for miles, fly to it, and get obliterated when they touched it. #offtobuyagiantruby The Capital of Belgium is Brussels |
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