Today in History: December 7

Today in History
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 7, the 342nd day of 2016. There are 24 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japan’s navy launched a pre-emptive attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, one of a series of raids in the Pacific. The United States declared war against Japan the next day.
On this date:
In 43 B.C., Roman statesman and scholar Marcus Tullius Cicero was slain at the order of the Second Triumvirate.