Question

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On December 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave
a speech to the U.S. Congress that began with these words:
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in
infamy ... '

What event was Roosevelt referring to in this phrase?

the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

the beginning of the Great Depression

the outbreak of World War I in Europe

the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 1

The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor — the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.