Immediately upon Louis XV's death at around 11:00 pm at night on May 10, 1774, heir-presumptive Louis-Auguste, Duke of Berry immediately became King Louis XVI of France. This quick transition of sovereignty was made within the phrase: The King is dead. Long live the King!.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941.The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.here were near-simultaneous Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines, Guam and Wake Island and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The attacks-from troop landings at Kota Bharu, Malaya, to the air attacks ranging geographically from Hong Kong to Pearl Harbor-took place over seven hours.
The decision by the United States to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II remains one of the most controversial topics in Japanese history.he result were the bombings of Hiroshima on August 6th and Nagasaki on August 9th. The timing of the bombs was also determined by the rapidly changing relationship between the US and USSR. On August 8th, 3 months after V-E day, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan.