"A date which will live in infamy" was a quote by President Franklin D Roosevelt on his address to Congress on December 8th, 1941 - he was of course referring to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii the day before.
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.
The former president called the attack at the naval station, "A day that will live in infamy."
He called it a "day of infamy".
The Day of Infamy.
"Infamy" means "great wickedness, disgrace, notoriety". The attack on Pearl Harbor was "sudden, and deliberate". Hence, a day that "will live in infamy". Roosevelt's words were well-chosen.
Day of Infamy.
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Day of Infamy.
President Roosevelt called the bombing of Pearl Harbor the "Day of Infamy".
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U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was speaking about Dec. 7, 1941, when Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Peral Harbor, Hawaii.