On this day in 1941, 353 Japanese warplanes strike the US Pacific Fleet anchored at #PearlHarbor, Hawaii. The raiders sink four battleships, damage 15 other vessels and kill nearly 2,500 Americans. President Roosevelt famously calls Dec. 7 "a date which will live in infamy."
On this day in 1775, a 43-year-old former Virginia militia officer who was passed over for a commission in the regular British army takes command of America's rebel forces. His name is George Washington.
Today in 1903, Orville Wright completed the most significant #firstsolo flight in aviation history, using his and Wilbur’s home-built flying machine. When was your first solo flight, and in what aircraft?