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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Full Name: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Born: January 30, 1882 in NY
Died April 12, 1945
Presidential Term: 32 (March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945)

• Preceeded by: Herbert Hoover
• Suceeded by: Harry S. Truman

8 Appointments to the Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Hugo Lafayette Black (August 19, 1937)
• Stanley Forman Reed (January 31, 1938)
• Felix Frankfurter (January 30, 1939)
• William Orville Douglas (April 17, 1939)
• Frank Murphy (February 5, 1940)
• James Francis Byrnes (July 8, 1941)
• Robert Houghwout Jackson (July 11, 1941)
• Wiley Blount Rutledge (February 15, 1943)

Historical Sites Related to Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY 12538
Little White House Historic Site, Warm Springs, GA 31830

Major Events During Presidency

• 12/05/1933: The 21st amendment was ratified, which revoked the 18th amendment, thus ending the prohibition of alcohol in the U.S.
• 05/24/1935: The first major-league baseball game was played under lights at Crosley Field.
• 09/02/1935: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 first struck Florida. The hurricane was a Category 5 storm, and claimed the life of over 400 people.
• 06/12/1939: The Baseball Hall of Fame officially opened its doors in Cooperstown, NY.
• 12/07/1941: Japanese navy bombed American Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was intended to knock out American naval capabilities in the Pacific, allowing Japan to wage a war against the U.S. and Allied forces. The attack did considerable damage to American forces (killing or wounding nearly 4,000 personnel, destroying scores of aircraft and wrecked two U.S. Navy battleships and 2 destroyers. The true outcome of this attack was to trigger the Americans to join the war, and would ultimately defeat the Japanese.
• 06/06/1944: Battle of Normandy began, as part of "D-Day", which was the Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from German control. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, acting as the Supreme Allied Commander, orchestrated the invasion at Normandy and several other beaches during the D-Day campaign. This largely successful mission provided Allied forces a foothold on Europe mainland, which it used to slowly push back German forces, and ultimately force Germany to surrender.
• 02/04/1945: The Yalta Conference began to meet to discuss post-war plans. The conference included the heads of the three powerful nations at that time: President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the U.S.; Prime Minister Winston Churchill for the U.K.; Premier Joseph Stalin for the Soviet Union.

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