<P> The Infamy Speech was a speech delivered by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a Joint Session of the US Congress on December 8 , 1941 , one day after the Empire of Japan 's attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii and the Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire . The name derives from the first line of the speech : Roosevelt describing the previous day as `` a date which will live in infamy '' . The speech is also commonly referred to as the `` Pearl Harbor Speech '' . </P>
<P> The Infamy Speech was a speech delivered by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a Joint Session of the US Congress on December 8 , 1941 , one day after the Empire of Japan 's attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii and the Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire . The name derives from the first line of the speech : Roosevelt describing the previous day as `` a date which will live in infamy '' . The speech is also commonly referred to as the `` Pearl Harbor Speech '' . </P>
who said a date which will live in infamy
who said a date which will live in infamy
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt