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The City of Chicago will recognize Pearl Harbor Day on December 7, 2007, with a special ceremony to be held at Navy Pier. “Chicago Remembers Pearl Harbor” will begin at 11am on December 7, at the east end of Navy Pier in the Lakeview Terrace Room. This event is free and open to the public.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941. “Chicago Remembers Pearl Harbor” will commemorate the 66th anniversary of the attack, and a special Bell Ringing Ceremony will be held in memory of the 7 Illinois that died on USS Arizona and remain there today.

Here is some Pearl Harbor info from Wikipedia:

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a pre-emptive military strike on the United States Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan’s Imperial Japanese Navy, on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941 that made the United States enter World War II. Two aerial attack waves, totalling 350 aircraft, were launched from six aircraft carriers with the intent to destroy the United States Pacific Fleet.

The attack wrecked two U.S. Navy battleships, one minelayer, and two destroyers beyond repair, and destroyed 188 aircraft; personnel losses were 2,333 killed and 1,139 wounded. Damaged warships included three cruisers, a destroyer, and six battleships (one deliberately grounded, later refloated and repaired; two sunk at their berths, later raised, repaired, and restored to Fleet service late in the war). Vital fuel storage, shipyards, and submarine facilities were not hit. Japanese losses were minimal, at 29 aircraft and five midget submarines, with 65 servicemen killed or wounded.

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