The USS Arizona Memorial pays tribute to those moored at Battleship Row. They were the initial targets of the first wave of attacks on the Americans. The first stop on a visit to the USS Arizona Memorial is the Visitor Center where the Pearl Harbor Museum, dual theaters, restrooms, a snack bar and Pearl Harbor Memorial exhibits are located.
Sadly the death toll was far higher than the six noted in the early newspaper account above. Before the attack was over in just about two hours, Japanese warplanes killed nearly 3,000 which, in turn, brought the U. S. into World War II.
In Music News on December 7th, it was 1964, while on a flight between Houston and Los Angeles, one of the passengers had a nervous breakdown. It would be a long time before he’d fly again and he decided to quit touring with the band he created: the Beach Boys – it was Brian Wilson.
The artist who created today’s 101 number one song of the day was going through two very rough years of self-induced problems. Although those two years ended with a chartbuster, it was his career that was about to go bust.
He was beset by lawsuits and fines for being late at concerts or not showing up at all. In 1970, 26 of his 80 scheduled appearances were cancelled; in 1971 the figures were better but only slightly – 12 out of 40 were cancelled. Illness, management battles and eviction from his Los Angeles mansion added to his woes. But on December 7, 1971 he owned the number one song in America. But it was only a brief period of remission because it would be the last time he broke into the top ten. Here’s Sly and the Family Stone with “Family Affair.”
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