ROSS SIMPSON

SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) — On this day in 2006, Sunni extremists blew up a revered Shiite shrine, igniting the worst sectarian violence Iraq had ever seen.

Iraqis walk past the damaged al-Askari shrine following the
explosion.

A B-17 crew from the United States Army Air Force’s Eighth
Air Force, 385th Bomb Group, plot a target on a map prior
to a mission.

The U.S. Eighth Air Force launched its bombing campaign against
Nazi Germany, one of the largest, most important and most
devastating strategic initiatives in the annals of warfare, on this
day in history, Jan. 27, 1943. 

The crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress Knock-out Dropper
bomber.

On December 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
delivered his "Day of Infamy" speech before a joint
session of Congress.

On November 5, 1941, the Combined Japanese Fleet receive Top-
Secret Order No. 1: In just over a month’s time, Pearl Harbor is
to be bombed, along with Malaya (now known as Malaysia), the
Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Commander-in-Chief of the
Japanese Combined Fleet who planned the attack.

SANDY KOZEL