Modern Era · North America · War
1941
Roosevelt's Day of Infamy speech
December 8, 1941
The day after Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt asked a joint session of Congress to declare war on Japan, calling December seventh a date which will live in infamy. Only one member of Congress voted no. Within four days Germany and Italy had declared war on the United States. The American century was formally joined.
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Also in 1941 (6 other events on record)
- Operation Barbarossa · Europe · War
- Pearl Harbor · North America · War
- Japan strikes across the Pacific · East Asia · War
- Singapore campaign begins · Southeast Asia · War
- Atlantic Charter issued · North America · Politics
- Bismarck sunk · Europe · War
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