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A date which will live in world history. Also, 7 other things worth your time.

Bill Murphy Jr.
Dec 7, 2020
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President Franklin Roosevelt had just finished lunch 79 years ago today, when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Barely 24 hours later, he was addressing a joint session of Congress, giving perhaps the most important speech of his lifetime.

His address ran just 500 words—so, twice as long as the Gettysburg Address, but still considerably shorter …

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