December 7th

Oh yeah... Today is the 54th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

For 50 years this was the worst attack on American soil.

Hawaii was not even a state at the time, just a territory. It did not become a state until 1959 (with Alaska).

On December 8th, War was declared on Japan.

FDR proclaimed "we have nothing to fear but fear itself". He went on to serve three terms and part of a fourth. He was elected 4 times with polio. I guess it helped it was a secret.

FDR married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. What is her maiden name? Why, Roosevelt! She was FDR's cousin.

Truman drove himself to the White House after FDR's death.

He didn't know about the first nuclear weapons, "Little boy" and "Fat man", until after he was President.