On the 8th of December 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress, requesting a declaration of war against Japan following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the previous day. The Senate voted unanimously 82-0, and the House approved 388-1. Roosevelt signed the declaration at 4:10 p.m., formally entering the U.S. into World War II. The speech famously described December 7 as "a date which will live in infamy." Japan had attacked U.S. naval bases in Hawaii, killi