 President Franklin Roosevelt Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime
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| 1882 |
(Jan. 30) Born in Hyde Park, N.Y. |
| 1905 |
(March 17) Married Eleanor Roosevelt. |
| 1906 |
Daughter Anna was born |
| 1907 |
Son James was born |
| 1909 |
Son Franklin Delano Jr. was born |
| 1909 |
Son Franklin Delano Jr. died |
| 1910 |
Son Elliot was born |
| 1913 |
Appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. |
| 1914 |
Son Franklin Delano Jr. was born |
| 1916 |
Son John was born |
| 1920 |
Lost the election for Vice-President of the United States. |
| 1921 |
Stricken with Polio. |
| 1928 |
Elected governor of New York. |
| 1932 |
Elected President of the United States. |
| 1933 |
Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. |
| 1933 |
The New Deal began with the "Hundred Days." |
| 1933 |
The 21st Amendment started, ending Prohibition. |
| 1933 |
Roosevelt's first official act was the "Bank Holiday." |
| 1933 |
"Good Neighbor Policy," proclaimed by Roosevelt. |
| 1935 |
Congress passed the Social Security Act. |
| 1935 |
The National Industrial Recovery Act was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| 1935-1936 |
Italian forces under Benito Mussolini conquered Ethiopia. |
| 1936 |
Edward VIII of Britain abdicated and married an American divorcee, Mrs. Wallis Simpson. |
| 1936 |
Re-elected President. |
| 1936-1939 |
Rebels led by Francisco Franco defeated the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War. |
| 1937 |
Roosevelt tried to "pack" the Supreme Court with justices of his own choosing, which caused a national controversy. |
| 1939 |
World War II began with the invasion of Poland. |
| 1940 |
Congress approved the Two-Ocean Navy Act. |
| 1940 |
The Selective Service and Training Act, America's first peacetime draft law, was passed by Congress. |
| 1940 |
Re-elected President. |
| 1941 |
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor seven weeks after Hideki Tojo became premier. |
| 1941 |
The Lend-Lease law, providing arms for Great Britain, made America the "Arsenal of Democracy." |
| 1942 |
First nuclear chain reaction was achieved at the University of Chicago. |
| 1944 |
Congress approved the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, or "GI Bill of Rights," to help returning veterans. |
| 1944 |
Re-elected President. |
| 1944 |
Allied armies landed in Normandy and began the assault on Hitler's "Fortress Europe." |
| 1945 |
U.S. population was about 140,000,000. |
| 1945 |
The "Big Three" met at Yalta, in the Crimea. |
| 1945 |
(April 12) Died in Warm Springs, Ga. |
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