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1932

11.8.1932

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected the 32d President of the United States defeating Herbert Hoover.

1933

2.15.1933

In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago, Illinois Mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.

3.12.1933

Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "fireside chats".

3.13.1933

Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a "bank holiday".

3.20.1933

Giuseppe Zangara is executed in Florida's electric chair for fatally shooting Anton Cermak in an assassination attempt against President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1937

2.5.1937

President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States.

5.28.1937

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.

1938

1.3.1938

The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

7.3.1938

President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.

1940

6.10.1940

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.

11.5.1940

Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a third term as President of the United States.

1941

3.11.1941

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.

3.17.1941

In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

5.27.1941

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".

7.26.1941

World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.

12.26.1941

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

1942

1.12.1942

World War II: President Franklin Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.

2.19.1942

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps.

1943

1.14.1943

World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.

4.8.1943

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.

8.2.1943

World War II: the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer ''Amagiri'' and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.

1944

6.22.1944

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.

11.19.1944

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

1945

4.12.1945

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President.

7.16.1945

World War II: the leaders of the three Allied nations, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, President of the United States Harry S Truman and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.

1947

10.5.1947

The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

1948

4.3.1948

President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.

1950

1.31.1950

President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.

12.16.1950

U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea in the Korean War.

1951

2.27.1951

The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.

5.3.1951

The United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.

1952

1.7.1952

President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.

11.29.1952

Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

1954

2.10.1954

President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

4.1.1954

President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.

4.7.1954

President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.

1956

7.30.1956

A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing ''In God We Trust'' as the U.S. national motto.

1959

3.18.1959

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.

8.21.1959

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day

1960

11.1.1960

While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.

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