A date which will live in infamy

Cultural  

1. A description by President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor — December 7, 1941. Roosevelt was addressing Congress, asking it to declare war on Japan.

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Example Sentences

Dec. 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy,” as President Franklin D. Roosevelt eloquently tagged it.

From Los Angeles Times

The event, which triggered the United States’ entry into World War II, occurred 81 years ago, and Dec. 7, 1941, is, in the words of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, “a date which will live in infamy.”

From Washington Post

The return flight from New Zealand to San Francisco via Honolulu was interrupted by the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 — “A date which will live in infamy,” as President Franklin D. Roosevelt termed it.

From Seattle Times

Probably half were old enough to remember that dreadful day — “Dec. 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy,” as President Franklin D. Roosevelt eloquently called it.

From Los Angeles Times

Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

From Salon