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Pearl Harbor
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6:00 a.m
the Japanese aircraft carriers began launching their planes above sea. -
7:02
The radar detected 50 or more aircraft on a bearing for Oahu. -
7:55
a guy looks out the window and sees a low flying plane. Then he sees something black fall from the plane and realizes that it's a bomb. He goes to the radio room and sends out an uncoded message to all the ships and bases for attack. -
8:10
A bomb was dropped at the forward deck of the Arizona, setting off more than a million pounds of gun powder, creating a huge fireball, and killing 1,177 men. -
9:30
A bomb blows off the bow of the destroyer Shaw. pieces of the ship fly half a mile. -
10:00
The Japanese wanted to go for a third strike. If the gasoline tanks at Pearl Harbor are hit, they said that the Pacific Fleet will be out of action for weeks. -
1:00
The rest of the Japanese aircraft left and went back. -
12:20
A heavily guarded black limousine pulled up to the south entrance of the U.S. Capitol. President Franklin D. Roosevelt got out of the car and entered the Capitol. -
12:29
The president walked into the Chamber of the house and told the people what had happened. -
1:00 p.m
The senate adopted a resolution declaring war on Japan.
