"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:34:55 GMT, Geoffrey Barnes wrote:

Let me guess... your history teachers in high school were just like mine,
and always ran into the end of the school year before they got to World
War
II, right?

*hmmm* still no clue ... well, *googling* ... oh. Pearl Harbor.
Hm, not that important of a date here in Europe and/but well known in the
US, I assume.

Concur. My generation in England knew about Pearl Harbor, but would have to
go to the reference books if someone asked us the date. That would then
provoke the usual "late for that war too" comment.

Now, how many American 20-somethings don't know the date?

-- David Brooks