It's a busy day in history!

Today in Military History - there's a lot - these are the ones I think are interestnig/significant.

Born
528 -BC- Siddhartha Gautama, The Buddha
1765 Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin. While that was important - this was much more so!

Died

1587 Mary Queen of Scots (1560-1587) beheaded by her cousin Elizabeth - consolidating her hold on the throne and initiating an important era of exploration and innovation. And Shakespeare, too.
1978 Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel (1969-74), in Jerusalem at 80 - having whupped the Arabs even on the Arabs best day, in 1973 - giving Israel a chance.

Event

1776 Washington's army crosses the Delaware River from NJ to
Pennsylvania - giving us an enduring legend.
1933 The Fleet Marine Force established
1941 FDR declares December 7, 1941 "A date that will live in infamy." and asks Congress to declare war on Japan which they do.
1941 Japanese a/c destroy U.S. a/c at Clark and Iba airfields,
Philippines
1941 Japanese destroyers attack Wake.
1941 Japanese troops attack Hong Kong, not a banner day in British military history.
1941 Japanese troops invade Siam
1941 Japanese troops land in Malaya
1941 Japanese troops land on Guam.
1941 Japanese troops occupy Shanghai in a war where the Japanese Army behaved like, well, rat b*st*rds.

The Japanese were very, very, busy on this day, in 1941. But their time would come.

Hat tip to Strategy Page.