WWII PEARL HARBOR
Three U.S. battleships are hit from the air during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Japan's bombing of U.S. military bases at Pearl Harbor brings the U.S. into World War II. From left are: USS West Virginia, severely damaged; USS Tennessee, damaged; and USS Arizona, sunk. (AP Photo)
Pacific Southwest Air Crash 1987
An unidentified man and woman console one another at San Francisco International Airport , Dec. 7, 1987 after learning of the crash of PSA Flight 1771 near Harmony, Calif. The Pacific Southwest Airlines commuter jet carried 44 people. There were reportedly no survivors. (AP Photo/Bill Beattie)
Charles Lindbergh Kidnap Case
For weeks during search for the Lindbergh baby named Charles, the finger of suspicion was pointed at these two people. Betty Gow, the baby nurse, who discovered the empty crib, and Ollie Wheatley, butler in Lindbergh’s Hopewell, N.J. home. They are shown at Flemington, New Jersey on Dec. 7, 1934 during the trial of John F. Curtis, Lindbergh hoaxer. (AP Photo)
Pakistan Elections
People line up to vote in first general election in Pakistan, Dec. 7, 1970. (AP Photo)
JAPANESE ATTACK PEARL HARBOR
American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1942. (AP Photo)
Pearl Harbor Anniversary
Rescue workers help evacuate the Lunalilo High School in Honolulu after the roof of the main building was hit by a bomb during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo. (AP Photo/File)
PEARL HARBOR
A small boat rescues a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 during World War II. Two men can be seen on the superstructure, upper center. The mast of the USS Tennessee is beyond the burning West Virginia. (AP Photo)
KARZAI CHENEY
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, talks to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 7. 2004. Karzai was sworn in Tuesday as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, opening a new chapter for the impoverished country while warning that the wars against terrorism and drugs will require sustained international help. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, Pool)
Winecoff Hotel Fire 1946
Rescue workers carry an unidentified victim from the still-blazing Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 7, 1946. Officials estimate that over a hundred may be dead. (AP Photo)
Arab Israeli Conflict 1973
Israeli soldiers are shown near new fortifications near Damascus, Syria, Dec. 7, 1973. (AP Photo)
Harry Gold, John Leahy
Harry Gold, 39, Swiss-born Philadelphia chemist, leaves U.S. District Court in Philadelphia on Dec. 7, 1950 during noon recess. Gold is awaiting sentence by court on espionage charges. He admitted aiding Dr. Klaus Fuchs, British scientist serving prison term for passing atomic secrets to Russia. At right is U.S. Marshall John D. Leahy. (AP Photo/Sam Myers )
Ford To Be Sworn In
Vice President Gerald Ford is served tea by his wife Betty in their Alexandria, Va., home, Dec. 7, 1973, before he left for his first full day in his new job. Ford, an avid sports fan and former football player at the University of Michigan, reads the sports pages which headline the transfer of the San Diego Padres National League baseball team to the Capital. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
BALL CHARLES
Entertainer Lucille Ball and singer Ray Charles, recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, react during comments made by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during a tribute to the performers at the White House on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1986. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart)
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On Dec. 7, 1941: The Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as well as targets in Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippines and Wake Island; the United States declared war against Japan the next day.