2011 Event Aretha Franklin, singer and the 'Queen of Soul', announces she has overcome medical ailments and plans to return to the stage 2000 Death Franklin Garrett, American Historian 1997 Death Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67 1997 Event Franklin Quest Senior Golf Championship 1996 Death Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS-5, STS-51-B), dies at 59 1996 Death Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at 74 1995 Death David Melvin English Franklin, singer, dies at 52 1988 Death Franklin D. Roosevelt,, Jr., Representative-D-New York 1949 - 1955, dies on 74th birthday 1988 Death Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43 1987 Event Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin 1982 Event South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin 1981 Event Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City 1979 Event Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal 1979 Event 105th Preakness: Ron Franklin aboard Spectacular Bid wins in 1:54.2 1979 Event 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4 1976 Death Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79 1976 Event Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles 1974 Event Gold legal in U.S., Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin 1974 Event "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" by Aretha Franklin peaks at #47 1972 Event Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral 1971 Event Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1970 Birthday Randall Evans, Franklin Virginia, 100m/200m runner 1970 Birthday Ian Franklin, CFL cornerback for the Edmonton Eskimos 1970 Birthday Keith Franklin, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1969 Event Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing peace in Detroit 1968 Death Franklin C Fry, U.S. minister (World Rad of Church), dies 1968 Birthday Franklin Langham, Augusta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1993 Permian Basin Open 1968 Event "Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 215 performances 1967 Birthday Harvey Franklin, WLAF WR for the Amsterdam Admirals 1967 Event Aretha Franklin's "Respect" reaches #1 1967 Event Aretha Franklin releases "Respect" 1967 Event Aretha Franklin records "Respect" 1965 Birthday Brent Franklin, Barrie Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Japan Open-2nd 1964 Event "Ben Franklin in Paris" opens at Lunt Fontanne New York City for 215 performances 1962 Event President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted an honorary degree from Yale 1962 Death E. Franklin Frazier, American Sociologist 1962 Birthday Trevor Franklin, cricketer, opened for New Zealand mid-80's 1960 Birthday Don Franklin, actor, Seaquest 2032, Noah Dixon-The Young Riders 1960 Death Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78 1959 Event Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin 1958 Death Franklin Pangborn, dies at 69 1956 Birthday Tony Franklin, NFL kicker, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots 1952 Birthday David Pack, born in Los Angeles, California, musician, producer, Grammy-Award winning record producer for Wynnona, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Music Director for President Bill Clinton's Inaugurations, 1992 and 1996, cofounder, lead vocalist for band, Ambrosia 1952 Event Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card 1950 Death Franklin Dyall, dies at 76 1950 Birthday Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, born in Costa Rica, astronaut, STS-61C, 34,46,60,75, sk:91 1950 Birthday Pamela Franklin, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Satan's School for Girls 1949 Birthday Franklin Ajaye, BKln, New York, comedian/actor, Jazz Singer, Car Wash 1949 Birthday Franklin Raines, American Businessman 1948 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a "communist" 1946 Event 1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime 1945 Birthday Robert Knight, born in Franklin, Tennessee, singer, rocker, debuted with the Paramounts, recorded hit, signature song, Everlasting Love 1945 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid 1945 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt buried on grounds of Hyde Park home 1945 Death Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63 1945 Death Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President 1945 Event 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan 1945 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference 1945 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president 1944 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R) 1944 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference 1944 Event President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention 1944 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt says he would run for a 4th term 1944 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights", Servicemen's Readjustment Act 1944 Birthday Carolyn Franklin, U.S. singer and songwriter, Baby Baby Baby, Angel 1944 Birthday Bonnie Franklin, Santa Monica Cal, TV actress, Ann-1 Day at a Time 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces 1943 Event President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces end of coffee rationing in U.S. 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country during wartime 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Jefferson Memorial 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration 1942 Birthday Melvin Franklin, Montgomery Alabama, rocker, Temptations 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt forms Office of Economic Stabilization 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head 1942 Birthday Aretha Franklin, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Respect 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders detention and internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans 1942 Event 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 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II 1942 Death Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight 1941 Event Atlantic Charter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill sign Atlantic Charter 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt bans selling benzine/gasoline to Japan 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt demands Japanese troops out of Indo-China 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Bill to lend money to Britain 1940 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected president 1940 Event President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R) 1940 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Selective Training and Service Act (1st peacetime draft) 1940 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William M. King agree to joint defense commission 1940 Event Democratic Convention nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for a 3rd term 1939 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. 1939 Birthday Franklin Jones, American Celebrity 1939 Event Albert Einstein informs Franklin D. Roosevelt of possibilities of atomic bomb 1939 Birthday Franklin A Sonn, union leader, South African workers 1939 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe 1939 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt declares U.S. neutrality at start of WW II in Europe 1939 Event NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair 1938 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting U.S. and Canada 1937 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State 1937 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon) 1937 Event Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court 1937 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs act of neutrality 1937 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed 1936 Event President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon 1936 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary 1936 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam 1936 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists and communists 1936 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs 2nd neutrality act 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act prohibiting export of U.S. arms to belligerents 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky 1935 Birthday Raoul Franklin, chancellor, City University London 1934 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) 1934 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal 1934 Event 1st sitting U.S. president to visit South America, Franklin D. Roosevelt in Colombia 1934 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions 1934 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act 1934 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Civil Works Administration 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House 1933 Event Mount Davidson Cross lit by Franklin D. Roosevelt via telegraph 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt announces U.S. will leave gold standard 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt conducts his 1st fireside chat 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims 10-day bank holiday 1933 Event 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 Event President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt 1932 Event Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) elected 32nd president for 1st time 1932 Event New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt visits LA 1932 Birthday Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time 1932 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech 1932 Event New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago 1930 Birthday Carl Franklin, Richmond California, actor, Fantastic Journey 1928 Birthday Franklin Cover, Cleveland, actor, Tom-The Jeffersons 1928 Death Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59 1927 Birthday Franklin "Bud" Held, javelin world champ, 1949, 51, 53-55 1922 Birthday Neil Franklin, soccer star 1921 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello 1919 Birthday Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper 1915 Event Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week" 1915 Birthday John Hope Franklin, historian 1914 Birthday Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., born in Campobello Island, Canada,Representative-D-New York 1949 - 1955, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1910 Birthday Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant 1909 Birthday Shirley Franklin, American Politician 1906 Birthday Franklin Garrett, American Historian 1905 Event Eleanor Roosevelt marries Franklin D. Roosevelt in NY 1904 Birthday Clifford P. Case, born in Franklin Park, New Jersey, Senator-R-New Jersey 1955 - 1979, Representative-R-New Jersey 1945 - 1953 1900 Birthday Franklin C Fry, U.S. minister, Lutheran World Relief 1897 Birthday John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist, polio-Nobel 1954 1895 Birthday Dave Franklin, New York City, composer, Hop-a-long Cassidy 1894 Birthday E. Franklin Frazier, American Sociologist 1894 Birthday E Franklin Frazier, sociologist 1894 Event 37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington 1889 Birthday Franklin Pangborn, Newark, actor, My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living 1882 Birthday Franklin D. Roosevelt, born in Hyde Park, New York, 32nd President, D, 1933 - 1945 1881 Birthday Franklin P Adams, born in Chicago, Illinois, columnist, Information Please 1881 Birthday Franklin P. Adams, American Journalist 1869 Birthday Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman 1869 Death Franklin Peirce, 14th president 1853 - 1857, dies in Concord, New Hampshire at 64 1868 Birthday Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer 1864 Event Battle of Franklin, TN 1864 Event Battle of Franklin, Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities 1863 Death Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 1863 Event Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia, Deep Run 1863 Death Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 35 1863 Event Rebel General Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tennessee 1860 Event 1st White settlement in Idaho, Franklin 1852 Event Franklin Pierce elected as president of U.S. 1847 Event 1st U.S. postage stamps go on sale, 5 cents Franklin and 10 cents Washington, New York City 1839 Birthday Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift and Co 1836 Event Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale 1836 Birthday Benjamin Franklin Potts, Major General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday John Franklin Miller, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Brigadier General, Confederate Army 1823 Birthday William Buel Franklin, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Franklin Gardner, Major General Confederate Army 1820 Birthday Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, Major General Confederate Army 1820 Birthday John Franklin Farnsworth, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General Union volunteers 1813 Birthday Montgomery Blair, Franklin County, Kentucky, lawyer, Dred Scot V Sandford 1812 Birthday Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander Union Navy 1804 Birthday Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, D, 14th President, 1853 - 1857 1800 Birthday Benjamin Franklin Wade, MC, Union 1800 Birthday Franklin Buchanan, Admiral, Confederate Navy 1790 Death Benjamin Franklin, statesman and inventor, dies at 84 1789 Event Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes" 1789 Event President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York 1789 Event Franklin College founded 1786 Birthday John Franklin, British explorer, Arctic 1785 Event Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals 1784 Event Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it 1784 Event Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol 1775 Event 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office 1773 Event Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1762 Event 1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury 1753 Event Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny 1752 Event Ben Franklin's performs his kite-flying experiment 1752 Event Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock! 1742 Event Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove 1741 Event Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, 2nd U.S. magazine begins publishing 1732 Event Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" 1731 Event In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st U.S. library 1730 Event Benjamin Franklin marries Miss Read 1726 Event Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England 1726 Event Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia 1725 Event Benjamin Franklin arrives in London 1724 Event Benjamin Franklin arrives in London 1706 Birthday Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer, statesman, and inventor 1702 Death Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies 1702 Death Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies
