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.
About This Site | Text Only. 1945: Atom bomb hits Nagasaki American forces have dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki-the second such attack on Japan in three days. The bomb was dropped by parachute from an American B29 Bomber at 1102 local time.