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Events
- 1941 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
- 1941 - World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies.
- 2010 - The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km.
Births
- 1962 - Marty Friedman, American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host
- 1963 - Toshiaki Kawada, wrestler
- 1964 - Chigusa Nagayo, wrestler
- 1967 - Kotono Mitsuishi, voice actress and singer
- 1970 - Emi Wakui, actress
- 1992 - Yui Yokoyama, singer and actress
- 1994 - Aika Ota, singer
- 1994 - Suzuran Yamauchi, singer (SKE48 and AKB48)
Deaths
- 1996 - Kashiwado Tsuyoshi (b. 1938), sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna
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