Historical Events
- 1887-01-20 US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
- 1887-11-29 US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
- 1909-11-11 Construction of US navy base begins at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-01-16 US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor
- 1941-01-27 Peruvian ambassador Ricardo Rivera-Schreiber warns American Ambassador of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor
- 1941-11-01 Japanese naval staff offiicers Suzuki & Maejima arrive at Pearl Harbor
Sinking Ship
1941-11-03 Japanese Admiral Osami Nagano presents a complete plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor to Emperor Hirohito
- 1941-11-05 Japanese naval staff officers Suzuki and Maejima leave Pearl Harbor
- 1941-11-26 Japanese naval carrier force left its base & moves east toward Pearl Harbor
- 1941-12-02 Japanese Marshal Admiral Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor
- 1941-12-05 US aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
- 1941-12-07 Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people
Roosevelt Delivers "Day of Infamy" Speech
1941-12-08 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his famous "Day of Infamy" speech to a joint session of Congress a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
- 1941-12-24 First ships of admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan
- 1942-05-27 Dorie Miller awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor
- 1942-05-30 US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
- 1942-08-17 Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on USS Hornet
- 1943-04-18 Operation Vengeance: US Army Air Force P-38G fighter aircraft from Kukum Field on Guadalcanal ambush and shoot down the transport bomber aircraft of Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy and mastermind behind the Pearl Harbor attack [1]
- 1944-12-22 Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan
Famous Birthdays
- 1882-02-26 Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral, commander of the Pacific Fleet during Pearl Harbour Attack, born in Henderson, Kentucky (d. 1968)
Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943)
1884-04-04 Japanese World War II Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the combined fleet who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, born in Nagaoka, Niigata
- 1968-02-05 Chris Barron, American singer-songwriter (Spin Doctors), born in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Famous Deaths
- 1941-12-07 Franklin Van Valkenburgh, United States Navy officer (Captain of USS Arizona), Medal of Honor recipient, killed in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at 53
- 1941-12-07 Herbert C. Jones, United States Navy ensign, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at 23
- 1941-12-07 Mervyn S. Bennion, United States Navy officer (Captain of USS West Virginia), WWI veteran, and Medal of Honor recipient, killed in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at 54
- 1941-12-07 Thomas J. Reeves, United States Navy radioman, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at 45
Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943)
1943-04-18 Japanese World War II Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the combined fleet who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, killed in action at 59 by a US ambush after the "Magic" code-breaking team intercepted and decoded his flight plan
Albert Kesselring
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Crerar
Lord Mountbatten
Omar Bradley
Wilhelm Keitel