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Why was December 7th, 1941, a "date that will live in infamy"?

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On December 7th, 1941, a military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor killing a total of 2403 people and because of this Franklin D. Roosevelt quoted " a date that will live in infamy."

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Because the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
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