December 7th facts
While investigating facts about December 7th, I found out little known, but curios details like:
James O. Richardson pleaded with FDR over his poor decision to centralize the Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, warned of the risks, was fired in Februrary of 1941, only to be proven right on December 7th when the Japanese attacked and sunk it.
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, Canada declared War on the Japanese Empire a day before United States and United Kingdom did.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 22 of the best facts about December 7th I managed to collect.
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A Japanese sub was sunk by a US ship at Pearl Harbor an hour before the first attack would commence in December 7th, making the US the first to fire shots before the conflict between both nations.
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In 1941, Willamette University's football team played a game at the University of Hawaii on December 6th for the post season. The following day, December 7th, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The team was conscripted into the Army to help fight a possible Japanese invasion of the island.
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On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese military under Hideki Tojo's command, attacked Pearl Harbor.
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The months September-December are named for their former numerical positions in the Roman Calender. Sept (7th), Oct (8th), Nov (9th), Dec (10th).
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The Delaware Colony became a state on December 7th, 1787.
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On December 7th, 1941, Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, resulting in several thousand deaths. This was the reason for the United States entering World War II.
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September, October, November, and December were the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months (as the prefixes suggest), before the Romans added January and February to the beginning of the year, putting things out of order.
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a Pan Am flying boat had to fly around the rest of the world after landing in Australia on December 7th 1941... circumnavigation of the globe had never been completed before by a commercial aircraft before then.
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September, October, November and December were named as such because they were the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months of the Roman calendar respectively.
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Christian Longo was spotted in Cancun, Mexico on December 27, 2001. A federal arrest warrant was issued on Lincoln County, Oregon on December 28th and on January 7th, 2002 he left the hotel he had been staying at.
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The Rijksmuseum's main building closed on December 7th, 2003, and did not reopen until April 13th, 2013. It underwent renovations and after reopening more than 2 million people visited the Rijksmuseum in only 8 months.
December 7th, 1941: A Hawaiian Airlines DC-3 had its cockpit struck by Japanese fire at Pearl Harbor. The cockpit caught fire, but a stray bullet hit the fire extinguisher, putting out the fire. No one was hurt, and this event made Ripley's "Believe It Or Not." - source
There were 37 sets of brothers serving on board the U.S.S. Arizona on December 7th, 1941. Most were KIA. - source
The months SEPTember, OCTober, NOVember, and DECember used to be the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months until Julius Ceaser and Augustus came into power and added the months July and August.
The 7th period of the periodic table of elements was completed in December 2015. - source
FDR, in the 24 hours following the Pearl Harbor attack, took cocaine, traveled to his famous "December 7th" speech in Al Capone's government-seized car, and disregarded the advice of his entire cabinet over how to present his speech.
September, October, November, and December used to be the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months of the year, as their prefixes would logically suggest.
In 1941, the St. Louis Browns (known today as the Baltimore Orioles) had tentative approval to move to Los Angeles, with a final approval meeting occurring on December 8th. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7th, and citing concerns with stringent travel conditions, the proposal was rejected.
FDR, in the 24 hours following the Pearl Harbor attack, took cocaine, traveled to his famous "December 7th" speech in Al Capone's government-seized car, and disregarded the advice of his entire cabinet over how to present his speech.
September, October, November, and December were once the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months
