President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be “a date which will live in infamy” after Japan bomb Pearl Harbour.

119 people are killed in a fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Encyclopedia Britannica is first published.

The “start” of the California Gold Rush.

The Los Angeles Times is published for the first time.

The PlayStation was first released in Japan.

The Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A.

Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested in Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.