1941
Pearl Harbor is attacked
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
-
1787
Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
-
1917
The U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I.
-
1972
America's final moon mission, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral.
-
1975
Indonesia invaded East Timor, leading to a 25-year occupation.
-
1988
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Armenia, killing 25,000.
-
2001
Taliban forces fled from Kandahar, their last stronghold in Afghanistan.
-
2002
Iraq formally declared to the UN that it had no weapons of mass destruction.
-
2004
Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.
or choose another day:
or select month and date:
or enter a year:
