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The history of today

DECEMBER 7


The goal for the war bond sale that marked the first anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was $1 million, The Advertiser reported on Dec. 7, 1942. The sale brought in $2.1 million.
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1941: Just before 8 a.m., 183 Japanese planes attack U.S. aircraft carriers and battleships at Pearl Harbor as well as Hickam Field and other U.S. air bases on O'ahu. A second wave of 170 planes follow, attacking Bellows Field and Ford Island. The assaults lasted about 90 minutes, and when it was over, 2,388 men, women and children had been killed, including 1,177 sailors from the USS Arizona. Among the dead were 49 civilians, many killed by friendly fire as U.S. forces tried desperately to mount a defense.

1962: Kilauea Volcano erupts at 1 a.m. near the Chain of Craters Road, lighting the sky with a reddish hue visible more than 10 miles away.

1972: The U.S. General Services Administration opens bids for the long-delayed Prince Kuhio Federal Building.

1975: On his return from a visit to China, Indonesia and the Philippines, President Ford speaks at the East-West Center and declares a new U.S. "Pacific Doctrine" based on American strength and a stable balance of power in the Pacific.

1981: The Advertiser reports 11 skydivers are confirmed dead in the murky waters of Pearl Harbor, most of them dying in the mangled wreckage of their twin-engine Beechcraft. The skydivers had been scheduled to parachute into Aloha Stadium just before the start of a University of Hawai'i football game on Dec. 5. Before making the jump run, the plane nosed down and spun out of control. One parachutist managed to jump to safety.

1991: President George H.W. Bush visits Hawai'i for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.


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