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How do you punctuate around parentheses?

Which of these punctuation examples is more correct?

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy") Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941 ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

  • On December 7, 1941, ("a date which will live in infamy"), Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

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