the day pearl harbor was attacked. Sunday, December 7, 1941
The "day that will live on in infamy" is the phrase that described the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941
It was a day that would live on in infamy.
he actually said a "date" that will live in infamy, and he was talking about December 7th, the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour.
"a date which will live in infamy"
This is a day that will live in infamy.
He called it the "date that would live in infamy."
Sunday, December 7, 1941 . . . a day that will live in 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.
FDR - "A day that will live in infamy."
Dec. 7, 1941 - a day that will live in infamy
the attack on pearl harbor
"Live in infamy" refers to a state of being remembered for disgraceful or shameful actions. The phrase is famously associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech following the attack on Pearl Harbor, where he declared December 7, 1941, as a day that would "live in infamy." In this context, it signifies the lasting negative legacy of an event or individual that is marked by dishonor or infamy.