December 8, 1941
Franklin Roosevelt a day of euphony in a speech before congress
pearl harbor attack
Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared December 7 a date that will live in an infamy. Here was his speech: "Members of the Senate, and the House of Representatives. Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in an infamy, the United States of America... was suddenly, and deliberately attacked... by a naval air force of theirs: Imperial Japan. I have asked Congress to declare war on Japan and her allies."
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
THE ANSWER IS PRESIDENT Franklin ROOSEVELT Presindent Franklin Roosevelt was the one who said December 7, 1941 "A Date Which Will Live In Infamy."
He called it the "date that would live in infamy."
He was referring to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The infamy refers to the fact that the attack was unprovoked and heinous.
"December 7th 1941 - A date which will live in infamy..."
"A date which will live in infamy" Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the one who wrote his speech to Congress on December 8, 1941. This speech will be remembered as "The Day That Will Live in Infamy" speech.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt referred to the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 as "a date which will live in infamy." He made the comment on the day after the attack, in an address before a joint session of Congress. Roosevelt asked the Congress to approve a declaration of war against Japan.