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20th century · 1882–1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt · United States
32nd President of the United States
He became president in 1933 and served until his death in office in 1945, the only US president elected four times. His first two terms answered the Great Depression with the New Deal; in his last two he led the United States into the Second World War. After the attack on Pearl Harbor he called 7 December 1941 'a date which will live in infamy'.
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Historia · USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor
'A date which will live in infamy'
Early on 7 December 1941, Japanese carrier aircraft launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, killing 2,403 Americans. The USS Arizona was hit by a modified 16-inch armour-piercing shell that detonated her forward magazine, and nearly half of the American dead came from this battleship. The next day President Roosevelt addressed Congress, calling it 'a date which will live in infamy', and the United States declared war on Japan.
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