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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1914–1988
President of the United States from 1933 to 1945
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Birth
1914 August 17, 1914 →Death
1988 August 17, 1988 →Biography
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on U.S. involvement in World War II. A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932.
Timeline
en los Estados Unidos, el políticio Franklin Delano Roosevelt es elegido gobernador del estado de Nueva York. Entre 1933 a 1945 será presidente de los Estados Unidos.
January 1 →Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected the 32d President of the United States defeating Herbert Hoover.
November 8 →President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine.
March 22 →en Estados Unidos, un grupo de empresarios trata de seducir al general Smedley Butler (1881-1940) para derrocar a Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Afirman que el New Deal diseñado por el presidente para reactivar el país no le hace bien a la clase empresaria.
August 22 →World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
October 30 →en la Conferencia de Casablanca, Winston Churchill y Franklin Delano Roosevelt adoptan el principio de «rendición incondicional» y una serie de acciones militares para evitar un futuro resurgimiento militar alemán.
January 23 →Getúlio Vargas e Franklin Delano Roosevelt participam da Conferência de Natal, onde ocorrem as primeiras tratativas que resultarão na criação da Força Expedicionária Brasileira.
January 28 →President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wins the Democratic nomination for the fourth and final time at the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
July 20 →Arthur Miller (por su obra teatral Muerte de un viajante) y Robert Sherwood (por su biografía de Franklin Delano Roosevelt) reciben el premio Pulitzer.
May 2 →More from the Early 20th Century
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