Pearl Harbor Day Dec 7, 2025

Pearl Harbor Day

At 7:55 AM on December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft appeared over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the course of history changed. In less than two hours, 19 ships were sunk or damaged, nearly 200 aircraft destroyed, and 2,403 Americans lost their lives. The battleship USS Arizona suffered the most devastating hit: a bomb struck its forward deck, igniting ammunition below and sending the ship to the harbor floor. The surprise assault crippled the US Pacific Fleet and ended America"s neutrality in World War II. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt told Congress it was "a date which will live in infamy," and the US entered the war.

© Jessica O. Blackwell/APFootage/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Dec 7, 2018Honoring our fallen heroes
Dec 7, 2019Remembering the Arizona
Dec 7, 2020In memory of those lost
Dec 7, 2021Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec 7, 2022National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec 7, 2023National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec 7, 2024National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 13, 2021All hail the king of shrubs
Jun 7, 2018Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
Mar 7, 2025Plum blossoms in China
Aug 25, 2020Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
Sep 18, 2022World Bamboo Day
Mar 29, 2019A place called ‘Peace’ in India
Sep 13, 2024Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Jan 30, 2022Halo around the sun
May 27, 2018Travel Sunday: San Francisco
Nov 25, 2023Toledo, Spain
Sep 29, 2018Vietnam’s new bridge deserves a big hand
Oct 13, 2024Royal Alcázar of Seville, Spain
Jun 4, 2024Chestnut-headed bee-eaters, Bardia National Park, Nepal
Aug 13, 2023Perseid meteor shower over Oregon
Jun 17, 2021Just another day in paradise
Sep 21, 2019 The Wall for Peace
Nov 28, 2022Red Planet Day
Jun 1, 2021Pretty poetic for a pit
Aug 28, 2022Bearded reedlings in Flevoland
Sep 24, 2025Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
Jun 26, 2025Horse Head Rock, New South Wales, Australia
Jan 8, 2023Breckenridge, Colorado
Apr 18, 2025International Day for Monuments and Sites
Dec 6, 2019 America s Playground by Derrick Adams
Jul 8, 2019Make your way up a picturesque passageway of Chefchaouen
Aug 13, 2019An ice cap-puccino
May 5, 2021The birthplace of Cinco de Mayo
Nov 5, 2025Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
May 21, 2024International Tea Day
Nov 20, 2023World Childrens Day