Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 23, 2004

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The USS Arizona burning
The USS Arizona burning

On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched the Attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a surprise assault on the United States Navy base and Army air fields at Oahu, Hawaii Territory. The Japanese planes bombed all the U.S. military air bases on the island and the ships anchored at Pearl, including "Battleship Row". The next day, the U.S. Congress declared war on Japan with only Jeannette Rankin dissenting. (more...)

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