The tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, will long be remembered by Americans. So too will November 22, 1963, and the assassination of President John F Kennedy. Yet the most important date of the last 100 years in American history continues to be Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a date that will forever live in “infamy,” a day that forever changed the character of the American Republic and its people.