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You are likely thinking of Pearl Harbor.
False. Pearl Harbor was invaded December 7th, 1941.
The Japanese attacks on the United States in the Philippines, Guam, Wake, Midway & Hawaii that took place on December 7, 1941 (US time). The most famous attack is usually referred to as the Pearl Harbor attack, that was the Japanese air attack on the Hawaiian island of Oahu against several US military bases, including the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. That attack also included attacks by Japanese mini-submarines.
Actually, chronologically, the Japanese invasion of Malaya is very slightly before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7th 1941. It led to the attack and capture of Singapore, in which many British & Australians were captured.
The Japanese attack on the US base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii on 7 December 1941