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:

Jul 1, 2018Let the games begin
Jan 11, 2023Umschreibung by Olafur Eliasson in Munich
Nov 12, 2022Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
May 28, 2024The Monastery of Roussanou, Greece
May 8, 2019’Chess on ice’
Nov 12, 2020Upstate autumn
Nov 25, 2023Toledo, Spain
Mar 9, 2025Daylight saving time begins
Dec 4, 2020Protecting wildlife today and tomorrow
Sep 5, 2025Pacific Park, Santa Monica State Beach, California
Mar 24, 2020Springtime in the Mediterranean
Mar 4, 2019The eloquence of elephants
Nov 29, 2021Rainbow Mountain
Nov 25, 2022Native American Heritage Day
Mar 22, 2025World Water Day
Jun 4, 2021Islands that turned the tide
Aug 13, 2025Corona Arch near Moab, Utah
Nov 5, 2025Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
Jul 4, 2024Independence Day
Jan 18, 2025Dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
May 1, 2018The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
Aug 18, 2024Huntington Beach Pier, California, at sunset
Sep 6, 2018Feeling chic on Fashion Week
Jan 3, 2026J.R.R. Tolkien Day
Dec 7, 2020In memory of those lost
May 16, 2018National Love a Tree Day
Nov 12, 2019Sleep tight, little hedgehog
Mar 5, 2023Cherry blossom season in Tokyo
Feb 6, 2024Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Feb 18, 2026Przewalskis horses