2011 Event In Hawaii, the U.S. commemorates the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor 2002 Death Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38 1997 Event Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000 1996 Death Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84 1995 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song 1995 Death George Kirby, comedian/impressionist (Pearl Bailey), dies at 71 1994 Death Pearl Primus, dancer, dies at 44 1994 Event Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder (29) weds Beth Liebling (27) 1993 Event Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness 1993 Event 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins 1992 Birthday Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks 1990 Death Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72 1978 Birthday Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 1977 Birthday Pearl Amoah, Miss Universe-Ghana 1996 1973 Birthday Kate Beckinsale, born in London, England, actress, films include, 'Pearl Harbor', 'Nothing But the Truth', 'Underworld', 'Serendipity' 1973 Death Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80 1973 Death Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist 1969 Birthday LaRee Pearl Sugg, Petersburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian-15th 1967 Birthday Pearl Sinn, born in Seoul, Korea, LPGA golfer, 1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th 1965 Birthday Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer, Pearl Jam-Justine 1965 Birthday Stone Gossard, musician with Pearl Jam 1964 Birthday Cheryl Akemi Toma, Pearl City Hawaii, Miss Hawaii-America 1991 1957 Birthday Pearl Moore, WBL guard, New York Stars 1956 Birthday Adam Arkin, Brooklyn, actor, Busting Loose, Pearl, Northern Exposure 1947 Event John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published 1945 Birthday Elkie Brooks, Manchester England, rocker, Pearl's a Singer 1944 Event Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan 1944 Birthday Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, NBA Guard, New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets 1944 Birthday David Pearl, British judge 1942 Event Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet 1942 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor 1942 Event Dorie Miller, awarded Navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor 1941 Event 1st ships of Admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan 1941 Event Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy 1941 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor 1941 Event Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor 1941 Event Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor 1941 Event Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor 1941 Event Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor 1941 Event Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails 1941 Event Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima arrive in Pearl Harbor 1941 Event Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor 1941 Event U.S. Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor 1938 Event Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth) 1938 Death Pearl White, U.S. actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49 1937 Birthday Barbara Pearl Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, 4X100m relayer, Gold Medals 1952, 1960 Olympics 1934 Event World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines 1932 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S. Buck (Good Earth) 1924 Birthday Louis Bellson, Rock Falls, Illinois, orchestra leader, Pearl Bailey Show 1924 Birthday George Kirby, born in Chicago, comedian, ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show 1919 Birthday Pearl Primus, dancer 1918 Birthday Pearl Bailey, born in Newport News, Virginia, singer, Hello Dolly 1912 Birthday Minnie Pearl, Tennessee, Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw 1909 Event Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins 1892 Birthday Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist 1892 Birthday Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, born in China, author, Good Earth-Nobel 1938 1892 Birthday Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist 1889 Birthday Pearl White, Victoria, U.S. actress/stunt woman, Perils of Pauline 1887 Event U.S. receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii 1887 Event U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor 1882 Event 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station) 1854 Birthday August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor, Pearl of Zaandam
