Memory of the day: US enters WWII on the side of the Allied Forces after attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941

CAIRO – 8 December 2021: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on December 8.

1941 - The United States enters World War II on the side of the Allied forces after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

1958 - The first issue of Al-Araby magazine is published in Kuwait, with Ahmed Zaki being the editor – in – chief.

1980 - The English singer John Lennon is assassinated in New York by a mentally ill person named Mark Chapman.