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1807: John Greenleaf Whittier is born

1873: Willa Cather is born

1932: Rosemary Rogers is born

1941: Japanese planes destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, bringing the U.S. into World War II; the Axis powers declare war on the U.S.

1943: Susan Isaacs is born

1990: Reinaldo Arenas dies

1996: José Donoso dies