Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A Brief History of Black Friday...1924. The holiday spree became so important to retailers that during the Great Depression, they appealed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 to move Thanksgiving up in order to stretch out the holiday shopping season. Roosevelt... In this article: Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thanksgivings, Toys "R" Us, New York City, Balance sheet, National Retail Federation, Macy's, and Walmart |
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Slate Magazine - Big Idea | 1 day ago
Obama is having the best first year of any president since Franklin Roosevelt.
Obama's Brilliant First YearBy January, he will have accomplished more than any first-year president since Franklin Roosevelt. By Jacob WeisbergPosted Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at 8:13 AM ET About one thing, left and right seem to agree...
In this article: Barack Obama, Franklin Roosevelt, Newsweek, Ronald Reagan, Lyndon Johnson, Liberalism, Militarism, Recession, and Unemployment
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Greenwich Time | 2 days ago
Palin will be a force, if not president
...Wendell Holmes, Daniel Webster, Adlai Stevenson, to name but a few. Take the case of Wendell Willkie. He ran against Franklin Roosevelt and lost. Yet the argument can be made that he had a powerful impact in shaping the course of World...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Wendell Willkie, FDR, White House, World War II, GOP, and Robert Taft
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New York Times | 2 days ago
'The Death of Uncool'
Thursday | Today's idea: Cancer, not the presumed hypertension, caused the brain hemorrhage that killed President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a new book argues. If widely known at the time, cancer might have prevented F.D.R. from seeking a fourth...
In this article: Brian Eno, Cancer, Chicago Sun Times, Hypertension, Los Angeles Times, Disney, and Hildegard of Bingen
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What Killed F.D.R.?
...Yalta to meet with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. During the speech, Roosevelt appeared confused: He skipped words in his prepared remarks, ad-libbed, and repeated several points. Critics later seized...
In this article: Cancer, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Yalta
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washingtonpost.com | 3 days ago
E.J. Dionne Jr. on Obama's Thanksgiving message
...was equally loathed by his adversaries. Yet Roosevelt was a "happy warrior," a phrase he used about Al Smith that actually described FDR himself. He relished taking the fight to his enemies, once boasting: "I welcome their hatred." Obama...
In this article: Barack Obama, Thanksgiving, Unemployment, God, Gawker, George Washington, Al Smith, and White House
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Did Franklin D. Roosevelt actually die from cancer?
As neurologist Steven Lomazow and journalist Eric Fettman point out in a book coming out this January, FDR's Deadly Secret, widespread knowledge of Roosevelt's cancer would have prevented him from running in 1944 and thus likely altered the...
In this article: Cancer, Melanoma, Columbia University, and Surgery
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washingtonpost.com | November 17, 2009
House approves bill preserving FDR records
...Administration to purchase Grace Tully's collection of documents and memorabilia related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Tully served as an aide to Roosevelt when he served as New York governor and later as president. Her collection...
In this article: FDR, New York, National Archives and Records Administration, Louise Slaughter, Herbert Hoover, Winston Churchill, and Charles E. Schumer
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AP Online | November 16, 2009
Collection of FDR papers soon to become public
...government, the company cannot get the full tax benefit it says it's due. Schumer said the legislation offers a fair solution. "The FDR library will now have one of the most valuable private collections of FDR papers in its hands, and the...
In this article: Eleanor Roosevelt, Louise Slaughter, Benito Mussolini, and White House
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States. He was a central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945 and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms.
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Roosevelt created the New Deal to provide relief for the unemployed, recovery of the economy, and reform of the economic and banking systems, through various agencies, such as the Works Project Administration (WPA), National Recovery Administration (NRA), and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA). Although recovery of the economy was incomplete until World War II, several programs he initiated, such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), continue to have instrumental roles in the nation's commerce. Some of his other legacies include the Social Security system and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
- Name At Birth:
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Birth Date:
- January 30, 1882
- Birthplace:
- Hyde Park, New York
- Death Date:
- April 12, 1945
- Place of Death:
- Warm Springs, Georgia
- Religion:
- Episcopalian
- Spouse:
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- University Attended:
- Harvard University
- Occupation:
- Lawyer (Corporate)
- Political party:
- Democratic
- Vice President:
- Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945)
- Title:
- 32nd President of the United States
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