1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor

Japanese bomber planes launched a major attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.  More than 2,000 Americans were killed in the raid, and five of the eight American battleships stationed there were destroyed.  The attack on Pearl Harbor is what drew the U.S. into World War II.  Video shows a clip from the 50th anniversary memorial service at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1991.  Dec. 7, 2011 marks 70 years after the attack.

1995 Galileo Reaches Jupiter

Six years after its launch, NASA spacecraft sent a probe to measure Jupiter's climate.

2005 False Bomb Threat in Miami

Federal marshals shot and killed a man who claimed to have a bomb on a plane.

Famous Birthdays

1928 Noam Chomsky

1949 Tom Waits

1956 Larry Bird

1967 Tino Martinez

1969 Patrice O'Neal

1973 Terrell Owens

1973 Damien Rice

1979 Sara Bareilles

1987 Aaron Carter

1989 Nicholas Hoult

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