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Wednesday 7 Dec 2016



Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

“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.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt

There is a beautiful lagoon in the Hawaiian Islands that is named for the lustrous jewel that is formed when a piece of sand irritates a clam into coating it to protect itself.

This harbor also houses the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet, and has been an important part of the American Naval placement in the Pacific Ocean since 1887.

Little did anyone know at that time that an attack on this harbor would bring the entire might of the American Military into a war it was desperately seeking to avoid.

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day honors the men and women who died in the Japanese attack on this beautiful harbor one December day in 1941.

History of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

The History of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is the history of the attack itself, an attack which took place on December 7th, 1941. The attack was devastating, killing over 2,400 citizens of the United States from the time it began at 7:48am Hawaiian time and ended just 90 minutes later, making the attack incredibly devastating.

Multiple ships were lost during the attack, though things could have been much worse. Intelligence gathered after the attack indicated that there was intended to be a third-wave of attacks to hit the island, complete with an invasion fleet intended to take the island and prevent it from being used as an American base of operation.

The purpose behind this surprise attack?

America was well positioned in the Pacific to interfere with Japanese fleet maneuvering, and it was hoped that by launching this assault they would cripple the US Pacific Presence and be able to control the ocean unhindered.

Never Forget!

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International Civil Aviation Day

”Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.” – Eddie Rickenbacker

In 1901 something was accomplished that hadn’t happened in the history of mankind, a man flew upon a glider and covered a respectable distance in a manmade device that was not held aloft by lighter-than-air gas.

The skepticism that greeted this event was profound, with people all over the world saying the Wright Brothers were more liars than fliers, a claim that would be refuted by a demonstration of what would be the most important aeronautics event in the world.

International Civil Aviation Day celebrates the science, art, and sport of aviation that grew out of this initial glide, and the men and women who push the frontiers of it today.

History of International Civil Aviation Day

Civil Aviation is incredibly important to the world we know and love today, and touches all of us in ways we can’t realize. When you order a package overnight from Amazon, odds are good that it’s being transported from their warehouse to your front door in the hold of a cargo plane. When you travel across the country or even around the world to join friends and relatives for vacation or holiday celebrations, you’re traveling on a craft that got its start in the minds of Orville and Wilbur Wright.

But air transport can be perilous, and the International Civil Aviation Organization focuses on the safety, efficiency, and regulations that surround the entire industry. ICAO organized International Civil Aviation Day in 1944 and began a campaign to have it become an officially recognized UN holiday, a campaign that would finally see it’s fruition in 1996.

Civil Aviation includes everything from sports fliers to large commercial aircraft traversing the sky with the essentials of daily living.

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December 7 Birthdays




Larry Bird - 60



Johnny Bench - 69



Tom Waits - 67



Eli Wallach - (1915-2014)




December 7th

2008: Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend were honored at the Kennedy Center Honors for their contributions to American culture in The Who.

1999: The Eagles held a press conference with the RIAA to announce that their first Greatest Hits album is the biggest selling album of the century with sales of 26 million.

1993: Guns N’ Roses announced that their cover of Charles Manson’s “Look at Your Game, Girl” will stay on their covers album The Spaghetti Incident? despite protests. It was also announced that royalties will go to the son of a Manson family victim.

1993: The Long Run-era lineup of the Eagles took part in a quasi-reunion on a Hollywood set of the filming of Travis Tritt’s video for his cover of “Take it Easy”.

1991: U2 went to number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart for the third time when Achtung Baby debuted on top of the chart.

1991: Rush were awarded Madison Square Garden’s Gold Ticket Award for more than 100,000 tickets sold at the venue during the second sold out show of a two night stand.

1985: Heart peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Never” which was their fourth top ten single in the U.S.

1984: Foreigner released their fifth studio album Agent Provocateur which went on to reach number four on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and sell three million copies in the U.S.

1968: Eric Burdon announced during a concert in Newcastle, U.K. that The Animals would be breaking up on December 22nd.



Birthdays:

Tom Waits born in 1949