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13. Cloudy, 39 degrees. It was a Wednesday. I went to college all day

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Tue Sep 12, 2023, 12:46 PM

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and probably worked at night. I would have missed the evening news; I don't recall there being any big observances. The other day I was in the center of a town I never had been to before and observed on their memorial that one of the people who came from there died on December 7, 1941.

I don't recall the state of the flags, but they were probably at half-staff. Thanks for making me think about being 19 years old. Being able to look up the weather for that date in just a few moments was unexpected.

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Question for older DUers - what was December 7 1966 like? [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2023 OP

It was observed but it was not a huge event. Voltaire2 Sep 2023 #1

Don't really remember anything. I would have been 11. Tomconroy Sep 2023 #2

Same here. CountMyVote4Reality Sep 2023 #5

Me too MuseRider Sep 2023 #39

IIRC, it was a federal holiday for years Fiendish Thingy Sep 2023 #3

Don't think it was a school holiday. I sure as hell Tomconroy Sep 2023 #4

Yeah, not every school/state observed every holiday Fiendish Thingy Sep 2023 #6

Dec. 7 has never been a federal holiday. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2023 #9

Right. H2O Man Sep 2023 #22

As far as I can recall (I was 24 and a stay at home Mom) it was just marybourg Sep 2023 #7

It was remembered snowybirdie Sep 2023 #8

I was in high school. Don't remember anything different about that day rurallib Sep 2023 #10

Cooked supper for family and did homework as usual Attilatheblond Sep 2023 #11

On the cover of a magazine (maybe Look Magazine), a photo of the Pearl Harbor horror struck me. John1956PA Sep 2023 #12

Cloudy, 39 degrees. It was a Wednesday. I went to college all day rzemanfl Sep 2023 #13

I was preteen and living on a military base overseas peacebuzzard Sep 2023 #14

It's really hard to compare Pearl Harbor and 9/11 LeftInTX Sep 2023 #15

I get that it's an imperfect comparison Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2023 #17

Pearl Harbor was the seminal event for my parents generation. Tomconroy Sep 2023 #19

I know, but it isn't the same. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #20

16 million people served in the military during ww 2 in Tomconroy Sep 2023 #24

Or see the Disney and Warner Bros cartoons Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2023 #26

I know, but there was more "closure" involving the actual Pearl Harbor site. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #33

I agree on the point of closure. soldierant Sep 2023 #41

Seriously. Perhaps people don't understand how massive Voltaire2 Sep 2023 #32

In thinking about it more: 9/11 was a one off event for most. Tomconroy Sep 2023 #34

The war itself was more of the story than Pearl Harbor. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #35

In 1966, I was 10 and never heard of Pearl Harbor. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #16

Here's a news clip from that day TheProle Sep 2023 #18

Pearl Harbor was a defeat. People tend to shy away from celebrating such events. Chainfire Sep 2023 #21

Exactly, there were many victories following Pearl Harbor. Not so many following 911... LeftInTX Sep 2023 #36

I was in the Navy then but don't recall any tributes. Basic LA Sep 2023 #23

I don't remember a really big deal being made of it that year. MineralMan Sep 2023 #25

I remember the 50th Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2023 #27

Yes. The 50th anniversary was a bigger deal. MineralMan Sep 2023 #29

In December 1991, there was discussion about whether Japan would, or should, apologize. n/t John1956PA Sep 2023 #38

Perhaps naive thinking, but IcyPeas Sep 2023 #28

The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association held their first national reunion in Hawaii in 1966 ... Donkees Sep 2023 #30

I was 22 that year in the New York metro area. kskiska Sep 2023 #31

15 years old and all I could think about was girls Emile Sep 2023 #37

What I remember best about 12/7/66. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2023 #40