Continued from my Tattooed on Your Soul: WW II blog.
The original lighting of the beacon dates back to 1928 and Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh lit the beacon to assist planes in the early days of commercial flight. At the time, the beacon was lit nightly, until December 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Following that fateful day, it wasn't relit until 1964, when Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces during World War II, attended the ceremony on Mount Diablo's summit in commemoration of the survivors of Pearl Harbor.
He suggested that the Beacon be lit every December 7th to honor those who served and sacrificed.
--Brock-Perry
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