Eamon de Valera publicly repudiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
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Sophie's Choice, directed by Alan J. Pakula, was released.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his 'Day of Infamy' speech to the US Congress – a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
John Lennon had his last professional photoshoot.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Earth.
The Clifton Suspension Bridge was finally opened.
