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Day of Infamy
noun
- 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.
Example Sentences
鈥淚t was a devastating moment. For San Francisco, it was a day of infamy.鈥
At a televised town hall this week, Mr. Trump predicted that Friday would be a 鈥渄ay of infamy鈥 as the policy known as Title 42 that he first put in place came to an end.
I鈥檝e seen Dostoyevsky鈥檚 deck of cards, read the first drafts of Roosevelt鈥檚 Day of Infamy speech, stared down the field from Virginia Woolf鈥檚 writing cottage toward the river where she drowned.
If past is prologue, he may channel Franklin D. Roosevelt鈥檚 鈥渄ay of infamy鈥 or something else from American history.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously declared Dec. 7 a 鈥渄ay of infamy鈥 in an address to a joint session of Congress.
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