Day of Infamy

American  

noun

1. December 7, 1941, on which Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II: so referred to by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his speech to Congress the next day, asking for a declaration of war on Japan.

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Example Sentences

When leaders of the United States and Japan have raised the events of Dec. 7, 1941 — the day of “infamy” that plunged the U.S. into World War II — the circumstances have previously been far more solemn.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was a devastating moment. For San Francisco, it was a day of infamy.”

From Washington Times

I’ve seen Dostoyevsky’s deck of cards, read the first drafts of Roosevelt’s Day of Infamy speech, stared down the field from Virginia Woolf’s writing cottage toward the river where she drowned.

From New York Times

If past is prologue, he may channel Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “day of infamy” or something else from American history.

From Washington Post

President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously declared Dec. 7 a “day of infamy” in an address to a joint session of Congress.

From Washington Times