Franklin Delano Roosevelt - FDR Events

1882 Jan 30 Franklin D Roosevelt is Born
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in the Hudson Valley town of Hyde Park, New York. His father, James Roosevelt, and his mother, Sara, were each from wealthy old New ...
1905 Mar 17 Franklin D Roosevelt marries Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
On March 17, 1905, Roosevelt married Eleanor despite the fierce resistance of his mother. Eleanor's uncle, Theodore Roosevelt, stood in at the wedding for Eleanor's deceased father Elliot...
1911 Jan 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected to the New York State Senate
In 1910, FDR won a seat in the New York State Senate. It would be the only election in which he carried the Republican stronghold of Dutchess County where his Hyde Park home was located....
1913 Mar 17 Franklin D. Roosevelt Sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Woodrow Wilson in 1913. He served under Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. In 1914, he was defeated in the Demo...
1920 Jul 6 Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for Vice President
The 1920 Democratic National Convention chose Roosevelt as the candidate for Vice President of the United States on the ticket headed by Governor James M. Cox of Ohio, helping build a nat...
1928 Nov 6 Franklin D. Roosevelt is Elected Governor of New York State
Roosevelt maintained contacts and mended fences with the Democratic Party during the 1920s, especially in New York. Although he made his name as an opponent of New York City's Tammany Hal...
1933 Mar 4 Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States
The former Governor of New York rode to the Capitol with President Hoover. Pressures of the economy faced the President-elect as he took his oath of office from Chief Justice Charles Evan...
1933 Jun 16 The End Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First 100 Days
June 16, 1933, marked the end of the first hundred days of the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). Those one hundred days were a period of frenetic activity. Following his i...
1934 Nov 14 Franklin D. Roosevelt Begins Trying to Reform Public Health
On November 14, 1934, taking note of the problem of “economic loss due to sickness,” which he characterized as “a very serious problem for many families with and without incomes” (and whi...
1935 Apr 8 Congress Approves The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
On April 8, 1935, Congress approved the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the work relief bill that funded the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Created by President Frankli...
1937 Jan 20 Franklin D. Roosevelt Is Inaugurated
On January 20, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president sworn into office in January. It was his second of four inaugurations; the first had been held fours years earl...
1937 Jan 20 Franklin Roosevelt's second presidential inauguration
For the first time the inauguration of the President was held on January 20, pursuant to the provisions of the 20th amendment to the Constitution. Having won the election of 1936 by a wi...
1939 Apr 30 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes First President to Appear on TV
In April of 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president of the United States to appear on television. The setting was the 1939 World's Fair in New York. The appearance was broa...
1940 Jan 10 Meeting Between President Franklin Roosevelt and Historic Peace Churches
The Historic Peace Churches met with President Franklin Roosevelt in order to discuss conscientious objection in the event of another war. The 1940 meeting did little to change the mind o...
1941 Jan 20 Franklin Roosevelt's third inauguration
The only chief executive to serve more than two terms, President Roosevelt took office for the third time as Europe and Asia engaged in war. The oath of office was administered by Chief J...
1941 Feb 4 The United Service Organization Is Chartered
The United Service Organizations, popularly known as the USO, was chartered on February 4, 1941, in order to provide recreation for on-leave members of the U.S. armed forces and their fam...
1941 Dec 8 Al Capone's Armored Cadillac Used as Franklin D. Roosevelt's Limousine
"I hope Mr. Capone won’t mind." —FDR, when a reporter told him where the car came from
1941 Dec 8 Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers "a date that will live in infamy" speech, committing the US to WWII
Text of Speech Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empir...
1942 Aug 13 Joseph Stalin Drafts A Memorandum To Winston Churchill And Franklin Roosevelt
On August 13, 1942, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin drafted a memorandum to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt opposing their decision not to inva...
1945 Jan 20 Franklin Roosevelt's fourth inauguration
The fourth inauguration was conducted without fanfare. Because of the expense and impropriety of festivity during the height of war, the oath of office was taken on the South Portico of...
1945 Feb 4
to 1945 Feb 11
 Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, was the wartime meeting from 4 February 1945 to 11 February 1945 among the heads of gov...
1945 Apr 12 Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
On March 30, 1945, Roosevelt went to Warm Springs to rest before his anticipated appearance at the founding conference of the United Nations. On April 12 he suffered a massive cerebral he...