what was the date of pearl harbor
New York Daily News. Pearl Harbor Day: December 7, 1941 'A date which will live in infamy'. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese surprise attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dubbed the attack as 'a date which will live in infamy,' and he couldn't have predicted it better. 73 years later, Americans vividly remember what happened on that fateful day ... Share Gallery.