A Deep Look At Innovative Feb. 24s Of The Past PYMNTS.com

Dec. 7, 1941, for example, which is the day that will live in infamy. Others are symbolic for other reasons. Everyone may not know that the Ides of March means March 15, but there are very few English speakers who don't know that one ought to beware of them. It seems the secret to being an infamous day -- as opposed to achieving the sort of fame commemorated with a holiday and some bank closings -- is having both an unmistakably significant event and the talents of a particularly good hypeman. In that regard, it is probably hard to do much better than Shakespeare or FDR.