Remembering Pearl Harbor By DAVID LIPPMAN It's the singular event that forced an entire generation to become the greatest in the nation's history. Sixty six years after the surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor plunged the country into World War II, David Lippman gives a detailed account of the events leading up to that fateful day. December 6th, 1941 The Lead domestic American news stories that day are a car crash in Baltimore, a train wreck in Kentucky, the death of a Civil War veteran, and the murder of a 12-year-old girl at a "petting party." In Seattle, a gun-toting burglar breaks into a local doctor's home at 4:30 a.m., and makes off with a purse's entire contents: 15 cents. As there are only 16 shopping days til Christmas, newspapers are packed with ads, which link consumer goods to the defense push ("This Christmas...Give the 8 Freedoms of (Glover) Pajamas That Really Fit!") The New York Times headlines its story on Japan...