December 7
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[edit] Events
- 1941 The Japanese attack the Hawaiian city of Pearl Harbor during World War II. 2,403 people are killed, 188 planes are destroyed, and 8 US ships are damaged or destroyed.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 1947 - Tristan Bernard, French writer and lawyer (b. 1866)
- 1947 - Nicholas M. Butler, American president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862)