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 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On August 6, 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb (Little Boy) on Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later a second atomic bomb (Fat Man) was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. These were the only times nuclear weapons have been used in war. Reasons for the bombing. Many reasons are given as to why the US administration decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Reasons include the following: 1  The United States wanted to force Japan's surrender as quickly as possible to minimize American casualties.