1917 US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
1917 The USA's 42nd 'Rainbow' Division arrives in France (with Colonel Douglass MacArthur among its ranks)
1940 The first prototype Fairey Barracuda flew.
1941 Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people.
1941 First Japanese midget submarine (No. 20) attacked by a US ship (USS Ward)
1949 Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan.
1988 PLO delegation lead by Yasser Arafat proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizing the existence of the State of Israel for the first time.
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