2000 Franklin Garrett, American Historian
1997 Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67
1997 Franklin Quest Senior Golf Championship
1996 Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS 5, STS 51-B), dies at 59
1996 Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at 74
1995 David Melvin English Franklin, singer, dies at 52
1988 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday
1988 Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43
1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin
1982 South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin
1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City
1979 Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal
1979 105th Preakness: Ron Franklin aboard Spectacular Bid wins in 1:54.2
1979 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4
1976 Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79
1976 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
1974 Gold legal in U.S., Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin
1974 "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" by Aretha Franklin peaks at #47
1972 Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral
1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice
1970 Randall Evans, Franklin Virginia, 100m/200m runner
1970 Ian Franklin, CFL cornerback for the Edmonton Eskimos
1970 Keith Franklin, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals
1969 Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing peace in Detroit
1968 Franklin C Fry, U.S. minister (World Rad of Church), dies
1968 Franklin Langham, Augusta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1993 Permian Basin Open
1968 "Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 215 performances
1967 Harvey Franklin, WLAF WR for the Amsterdam Admirals
1967 Aretha Franklin's "Respect" reaches #1
1967 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"
1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
1965 Brent Franklin, Barrie Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Japan Open-2nd
1964 "Ben Franklin in Paris" opens at Lunt Fontanne New York City for 215 performances
1962 President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted an honorary degree from Yale
1962 E. Franklin Frazier, American Sociologist
1962 Trevor Franklin, cricketer, opened for NZ mid-80's
1960 Don Franklin, actor, Seaquest 2032, Noah Dixon-The Young Riders
1960 Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78
1959 Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin
1958 Franklin Pangborn, dies at 69
1956 Tony Franklin, NFL kicker, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots
1952 Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card
1950 Franklin Dyall, dies at 76
1950 Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, born in Costa Rica, astro, STS 61C, 34,46,60,75, sk:91
1950 Pamela Franklin, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Satan's School for Girls
1949 Franklin Ajaye, BKln, New York, comedian/actor, Jazz Singer, Car Wash
1949 Franklin Raines, American Businessman
1948 Franklin D. Roosevelt advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a "communist"
1946 1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime
1945 U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President
1945 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference
1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt says he would run for a 4th term
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights", Servicemen's Readjustment Act
1944 Carolyn Franklin, U.S. singer and songwriter, Baby Baby Baby, Angel
1944 Bonnie Franklin, Santa Monica Cal, TV actress, Ann-1 Day at a Time
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces end of coffee rationing in U.S.
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country during wartime
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Jefferson Memorial
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
1942 Melvin Franklin, Montgomery Alabama, rocker, Temptations
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt forms Office of Economic Stabilization
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head
1942 Aretha Franklin, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Respect
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders detention and internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans
1942 Congress advises Franklin D. Roosevelt that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the U.S. war effort
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II
1942 Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight
1941 Atlantic Charter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt bans selling benzine/gasoline to Japan
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt demands Japanese troops out of Indo-China
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Bill to lend money to Britain
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected president
1940 President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Selective Training and Service Act (1st peacetime draft)
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian PM William M King agree to joint defense commission
1940 Democratic Convention nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for a 3rd term
1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C.
1939 Albert Einstein informs Franklin D. Roosevelt of possibilities of atomic bomb
1939 Franklin A Sonn, union leader, South African workers
1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe
1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares U.S. neutrality at start of WW II in Europe
1939 NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair
1939 Franklin Jones, American Celebrity
1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting U.S. and Canada
1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State
1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)
1937 Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court
1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs act of neutrality
1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed
1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists and communists
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs 2nd neutrality act
1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act prohibiting export of U.S. arms to belligerents
1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act
1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky
1935 Raoul Franklin, chancellor, City University London
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal
1934 1st sitting U.S. president to visit South America, Franklin D. Roosevelt in Colombia
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Civil Works Administration
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House
1933 Mt. Davidson Cross lit by Franklin D. Roosevelt via telegraph
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt announces U.S. will leave gold standard
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt conducts his 1st fireside chat
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims 10-day bank holiday
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugrated as 32nd president, pledges to pull U.S. out of Depression and says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) elected 32nd president for 1st time
1932 NY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA
1932 Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech
1932 New York Gov Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago
1930 Carl Franklin, Richmond California, actor, Fantastic Journey
1928 Franklin Cover, Cleve, actor, Tom-The Jeffersons
1928 Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59
1927 Franklin "Bud" Held, javelin world champ, 1949, 51, 53-55
1922 Neil Franklin, soccer star
1921 Franklin D. Roosevelt stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello
1920 Colin Franklin, doctor
1919 Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper
1918 Madeleine L'Engle, [Franklin], U.S., sci-fi author, Ilsa, Love Letters
1917 Jerry Wexler, music producer, Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan
1915 Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week"
1915 John Hope Franklin, historian
1914 Franklin D Roosevelt, Jr., son of FDR/, Rep-D-NY, 1949-55
1910 Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
1909 Shirley Franklin, American Politician
1906 Franklin Garrett, American Historian
1905 Eleanor Roosevelt marries Franklin D. Roosevelt in NY
1900 Franklin C Fry, U.S. minister, Lutheran World Relief
1897 John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist, polio-Nobel 1954
1895 Dave Franklin, New York City, composer, Hop-a-long Cassidy
1894 E. Franklin Frazier, American Sociologist
1894 E Franklin Frazier, sociologist, died in 1962
1894 37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington
1889 Franklin Pangborn, Newark, actor, My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living
1882 Franklin D. Roosevelt, born in New Hyde Park, New York, 32nd President, D, 1933-1945
1881 Franklin P Adams, born in Chicago, Illinois, columnist, Information Please
1881 Franklin P. Adams, American Journalist
1869 Franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64
1869 Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman
1868 Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer
1864 Battle of Franklin, TN
1864 Battle of Franklin Tenn: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities
1863 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30
1863 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia, Deep Run
1863 Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, U.S. Confederate brig-gen, dies at 35
1863 Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tennessee
1860 1st White settlement in Idaho, Franklin
1852 Franklin Pierce elected as president of U.S.
1847 1st U.S. postage stamps go on sale, 5 cents Franklin and 10 cents Washington, New York City
1839 Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift and Co
1836 Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale
1836 Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1887
1831 John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1886
1828 Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Brig General, Confederate Army
1823 William Buel Franklin, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1903
1823 Franklin Gardner, Major General Confederate Army
1820 Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, Major General Confederate Army
1820 John Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General Union volunteers
1818 Benjamin Franklin Butler, Mjr General Union volunteers, died in 1893
1813 Montgomery Blair, Franklin County, Kentucky, lawyer, Dred Scot V Sandford
1812 Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander Union Navy, died in 1883
1804 Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro NH, D, 14th President, 1853-1857
1800 Benjamin Franklin Wade, MC, Union, died in 1878
1800 Franklin Buchanan, Admiral, Confederate Navy, died in 1874
1790 Benjamin Franklin, U.S., (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84
1789 Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes"
1789 President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York
1789 Franklin College founded
1786 John Franklin, British explorer, Arctic
1785 Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
1784 Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it
1784 Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol
1775 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office
1773 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
1762 1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury
1753 Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny
1752 Ben Franklin's performs his kite-flying experiment
1752 Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock!
1742 Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove
1741 Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, 2nd U.S. magazine begins publishing
1732 Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
1731 In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st U.S. library
1730 Benjamin Franklin marries Miss Read
1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1726 Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia
1725 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London
1724 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London
1706 Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor
1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies
1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies
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