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The "Day of Infamy" speech, sometimes referred to as the Infamy speech, was a speech delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his "Day of Infamy" speech to Congress on December 8, 1941. Behind him are Vice President Henry Wallace (left) and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. To the right, in uniform in front of Rayburn, is Roosevelt's son James, who escorted his father to the Capitol.
Days of Infamy may refer to one of two alternate history novels about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States of America into World War II. The title alludes to President Franklin Roosevelt 's speech to Congress asking for a declaration of war , which began, "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 – a date which will live ...
President Roosevelt made the Infamy Speech (with its famous opening line "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy,") to a Joint session of Congress. Within one hour the United States declared war on Japan. Lifelong pacifist Jeannette Rankin was the only member of Congress to vote against declaring war.
On the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, read through the events of the day as they occurred 75 years ago. Pearl Harbor: A 75th anniversary timeline of the 'date which will live in infamy ...
Dec. 8—Thomas Leatherman, superintendent of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, told attendees that "as each year passes we say goodbye to more and more of our friends who served here on Dec. 7 ...
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President Roosevelt formally requested the declaration in his Day of Infamy Speech, addressed to a joint session of Congress and the nation at 12:30 p.m. on December 8. [11] Roosevelt's speech described the attack on Pearl Harbor as a deliberately planned attack by Japan on the United States.