December 8 - A piece of American history
NATIONAL TIME TRAVELER DAY - You must spend the entire day in costume and character. The only rule is that you cannot actually tell anyone that you are a time traveler. Other than that, anything’s game.
- DECEMBER 8. 1941 - On this day, as America’s Pacific fleet lay in ruins at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt requests, and receives, a declaration of WAR AGAINST JAPAN. Roosevelt’s 10-minute speech, ending with an oath - “So help us God” - was greeted in the House by thunderous applause and stamping of feet. Within one hour, the president had his declaration of war, with only one dissenting vote, from a pacifist in the House. FDR SIGNED THE DECLARATION at 4:10 p.m., wearing a black armband to symbolize mourning for those lost at Pearl Harbor.
- DECEMBER 8. 1980 - JOHN LENNON a former member of the BEATLES, the
rock group that transformed popular music in the 1960s, is shot and KILLED
by an obsessed fan in New York City. The 40-year-old artist was entering his
luxury Manhattan apartment building when Mark David Chapman shot him
four times at close range with a 38-caliber revolver. Lennon, bleeding
profusely, was rushed to the hospital but died en route.Lennon was considered
the INTELLECTUAL Beatle and certainly was the most outspoken of the four.
He caused a major controversy in 1966 when he declared that the Beatles
were “more popular than Jesus,” prompting mass burnings of Beatles’ records
in the American Bible Belt. He later became an anti-war activist and flirted
with communism in the lyrics of solo hits like “Imagine,” recorded after the
Beatles disbanded in 1970. In 1975, Lennon dropped out of the music
business to spend more time with his Japanese-born wife, YOKO ONO, and
their son, Sean. In 1980, he made a comeback with Double - Fantasy, a critically
acclaimed album that celebrated his love for Yoko and featured songs written
by her. .John Lennon is memorialized in “Strawberry Fields,” a section of Central
Park across the street from the Dakota that Yoko Ono landscaped in honor of
her husband.
“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” - John Lennon
Source: Wikipedia historycom
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