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1998 Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City) Tram, injuring 10
1996 Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman, dies at 59 1991 James Roosevelt, American Politician 1991 James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies 1990 Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80 1988 Franklin D. Roosevelt,, Jr., Representative-D-New York 1949 - 1955, dies on 74th birthday 1980 Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, dies at 96 1975 Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway 1975 Raymond Moley, U.S. advisor to President Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at 88 1973 New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed 1971 Roosevelt Potts, NFL running back for the Indianapolis Colts 1969 France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912) 1968 Roosevelt Collins, WLAF DL for the Amsterdam Admirals 1962 Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in New York City 1962 President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted an honorary degree from Yale 1960 Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1956 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium 1954 Howard Stern, born in Roosevelt, New York, Radio's Bad Boy 1948 Franklin D. Roosevelt advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a "communist" 1946 1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime 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 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 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. receives congressional medal of honor 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces 1943 Cairo: president Roosevelt travels back to the US 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt forms Office of Economic Stabilization 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) 1942 President Roosevelt/premier Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C. 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head 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 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight 1941 Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II 1941 Atlantic Charter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill sign Atlantic Charter 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 President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination 1941 U.S. president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act 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 Prime Minister 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 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 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 Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman 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 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 Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R. 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Civil Works Administration 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House 1933 Mount 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 Roosevelt Brown, Virginia, NFL hall of fame tackle for the New York Giants 1932 New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt visits LA 1932 Roosevelt Grier, born in Cuthbert, Georgia, NFLer for the New York Giants/actor, Movin' On 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech 1932 New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago 1921 Franklin D. Roosevelt stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello 1919 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President 1901 - 1909, dies in New York at 60 1917 Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress, Dr. Kildaire, I've Got a Secret 1915 Theodore Roosevelt criticizes U.S. citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities 1914 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., born in Campobello Island, Canada,Representative-D-New York 1949 - 1955, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) defeats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) and President Taft (R) 1912 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee 1912 Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for president 1910 Elliot Roosevelt, son of FDR/writer, Murder in the Oval Office 1910 Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam 1909 Herblock, Herbert L Block, Roosevelt, Utah, political cartoonist 1908 James L Reinsch, media-adviser, Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy 1907 James Roosevelt, American Politician 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day 1906 U.S. president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt (1st American) awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1906 Roosevelt becomes 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country (Panama) 1906 T. Roosevelt is 1st President to visit other countries (P Rico and Panama) 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in U.S. press 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckrake" 1906 Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House 1905 Eleanor Roosevelt marries Franklin D. Roosevelt in NY 1904 Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary) 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D) 1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal 1903 President Theodore Roosevelt visits San Francisco 1903 President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black 1902 Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt 1902 President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car 1901 Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House" 1901 Vice President Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" 1898 Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill 1895 Sidney Blackmer, born in Salisbury, North Carolina, actor, Ted Roosevelt in 12 movies 1884 Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st lady, 1933-1945, crusader, Nobel 1931 1884 Alice Roosevelt Longworth, born in New York City, New York, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt 1882 Franklin D. Roosevelt, born in New Hyde Park, New York, 32nd President, D, 1933-1945 1880 Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday 1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt 1861 Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt 1858 Theodore Roosevelt, New York City, R, 26th President, 1901 - 1909, Nobel Peace Prize 1906 |
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