On December 7, 1941, the Naval and Air Forces of the Empire of Japan conducted a sneak attack against the US military bases on Oahu, Hawaii, and especially at Pearl Harbor. President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, “a date that will live in infamy.” He was certainly right, and it has, perhaps more than any other date on the calendar as far as Americans are concerned. Here we list 10 Dates That Live in American Infamy. Feel free to debate the order or content of the list, and tell us which dates belong and which do not. (Honorable mention to Remember the Alamo and Remember the Maine.)
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10. November 8, 2016, Donald Trump Elected President.
Okay Trumpsters, lighten up! We are only kidding!!! Got ya!
9. December 20, 1860, South Carolina Secedes from Union.
The first of 11 States to secede from the Union of the United States, the event triggered the US Civil War (or if you prefer, April 12, 1861, an alternative date to this) a war in which over 600,000 Americans died in battle and another million were wounded, making this the most costly war in US History.
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