Day of Infamy

noun

1. 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

“It was a devastating moment. For San Francisco, it was a day of infamy.”

From Seattle Times

“It was a devastating moment. For San Francisco, it was a day of infamy.”

From Washington Times

At a televised town hall this week, Mr. Trump predicted that Friday would be a “day of infamy” as the policy known as Title 42 that he first put in place came to an end.

From New York Times

I’ve seen Dostoyevsky’s deck of cards, read the first drafts of Roosevelt’s Day of Infamy speech, stared down the field from Virginia Woolf’s writing cottage toward the river where she drowned.

From New York Times

If past is prologue, he may channel Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “day of infamy” or something else from American history.

From Washington Post