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December 7, 1941Today marks the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawai'i. The attack was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The United States was a neutral country at the time; the attack led to its formal entry into World War II the next day.National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on December 7th, to remember and honor the 2,403 Americans who were killed in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.