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7th December 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy attack the United States’ Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor

7th December 2021
Tagged as: America, Hawaii, Japan, Pearl Harbor, Second World War, United States, USA

The following morning, President Franklin D. Roosevelt described the day of the attack on PEarl Harbor as ‘a date which will live in infamy’ and called for Congress to declare war on the Empire of Japan.

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21st August 1959: Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the USA

21st August 2021
Tagged as: Hawaii, United States, USA

Hawaii became the 50th state to join the United States of America after a referendum.

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14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

14th January 2021
Tagged as: Colonel Tom Parker, Culture, Elvis Presley, Hawaii, Music, Satellite, Television

Elvis Presley became the first solo entertainer to broadcast a live performance via satellite with Aloha From Hawaii.

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7th December 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy attack the United States’ Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor

21st August 1959: Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the USA

14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

9th December 1921: Lead identified as a fuel additive to reduce engine knocking in automobiles

8th December 1980: John Lennon murdered outside his New York apartment block by Mark David Chapman

7th December 1972: The Blue Marble photograph taken of the whole Earth

6th December 1956: The ‘Blood in the Water’ Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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