FDR Timeline

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Year	Day	Event Note
1882	30-Jan	Franklin Delano Roosevelt born in Hyde Park, NY
1896		FDR enters Groton
1900		Matriculates in Harvard College
	8-Dec	His father, James Roosevelt, dies at age 72
1903	24-Jun	Receives A.B. from Harvard College
1904		Enters Columbia University Law School
1905	17-Mar	Marries Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
		Honeymoon trip to Europe
1907		Admitted to the New York Bar Association and becomes clerk in the law firm of Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn
1909		Member, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission
1910		Elected to the New York State Senate from the 26th District (Dutchess, Columbia, and Putnam Counties)
1911	28-Nov	Degree of Master Mason conferred by Holland Lodge No.8, New York City
1912		Visits Panama Canal
		Reelected to the New York State Senate
1913	17-Mar	Sworn in as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the Woodrow Wilson Administration
1913		Member, Plattsburg, New York, Centennial.
1914		Defeated in Democratic primary, for the U.S. Senate by James W. Gerard.
1915		Member, National Commission, Panama-Pacific Exposition
1917		Elected Overseer of Harvard University
	21-Jan - 7-Feb	Undertakes inspection tour of Haiti and Santo Domingo
		Promotes deployment of 230-mile long minefield be­tween Orkney Islands and Norway designed to bottle up German U-boat fleet in the North Sea
1918	Jul - Sept	Tours American naval bases in the European Theatre
1919	Jan-Feb	Travels to Europe to supervise dismantling of naval establishment
1920	6-Jul	Nominated for Vice-President at Democratic National Convention in San Francisco on ticket with James N. Cox
	6-Aug	Resigns as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
	2-Nov	Defeated in election for Vice-President
1921	Jan	Returns to active work in the law firm of Emmet, Marvin & Roosevelt, and at the same time becomes the vice-president in charge of the New York office of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, the third largest surety bonding company in the country
	Aug	Stricken with poliomyelitis at Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada. Transferred to Columbia-Pres­byterian Hospital in New York City, for the start of a long recuperation process, largely unsuccessful. He never again walked unaided.
1922		Joins United European Investors
		Becomes president of the American Construction Council.
1923		Made member of the Board of Trustees of Vassar College
		Elected to Board of Directors of the Holland Society in New York
		Named national chairman of fund-raising for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City
		Named a delegate to the New York State Democratic State Convention
1924	Jul	Nominates Governor Alfred E. Smith for president at the Democratic National Convention in New York City Calls him "The Happy Warrior."
		Forms new law practice, 0' Connor and Roosevelt
	Oct	First visits Warm Springs, Georgia, whose warm waters were reputed to have curative powers.
1925		Writes columns for the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and the Atlanta Constitution
1926		Publishes his first book. WhitherBound
1927		Forms the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, a therapycenter for the treatment of victims of infantile para­lysis.
1928	27-Jun	Nominates Governor Alfred E. Smith for presi­dent for the second time at Democratic National Con­vention in Houston
	2-Oct	New York State Democrats nominate FDR for governor
	6-Nov	Elected governor of New York over Republican challenger Albert Ottinger.
1929	12-Mar	In special message on water power develop­ment, FDR advocates state construction and ownership of dams and power plants, and warns private utilities that state might construct its own transmission lines if they do not transmit state-generated electricity at reasonable rates.
	3-Apr	In his first half-hour radio address, FDR attacks Republican Party for not living up to its platform; address is a forerunner of his "fireside chats."
	10-Apr	Signs legislation to aid farmers by reducing contributions of rural counties to state highway con-construction costs, and having the state assume a greater share of rural education costs.
	19-Jun	Chief marshal at Harvard Tercentenary; elect­ed honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa; given honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
	29-Jul	Visits Clinton Prison at Dannemora following riot there (July 22), and orders investigation of con­ditions of prisons.
1930	6-Jan	Recommends to the legislature further im­provements in prison administration, including the creation of a full time parole board.
	4-Nov	Reelected governor of New York, defeating Republican opponent Charles H. Tuttle.
1931	7-Jan	Recommends examination and revision of the Old Age Pension Law to create a system based on contributions by the employee.
	14-Jan	Louis M. Howe and James A. Farley form "Friends of Roosevelt" and open New York City office to promote FDR's candidacy for president.
	25-Mar	Recommends that the legislature create a commission to investigate unemployment compensation systems and submit a plan "for accomplishing some kind of scientific unemployment insurance."
	28-Aug	In address to special session of the legislature, recommends creation of a Temporary Emergency Relief Administration and a work relief program.
	26-Oct	Urges voters to support Hew itt amendment which would provide funds to reforest submarginal farmland s.
1932	6-Jan	In annual message to the legislature, calls for elimination of unsound banking practices and revision of laws relating to sale of securities to the public.
	Mar	Forms the "brains trust," a group of Columbia University professors, to advise him on national economic and social issues for the forthcoming presi­dential campaign.
	7-Apr	Delivers "forgotten man" speech, keynote of his preconvention campaign, in an address to the Gov­ernors' Conference.
	1-Jul	Democratic Party nominates him for president on the fourth ballot at its convention in Chicago. John Nance Garner is vice-president.
	2-Jul	Flies from Albany to Chicago to accept nomination; pledges "a new deal for the American people.”
	6-Aug	Summons Mayor James J. Walker of New York City to a public hearing concerning his fitness to remain in office. Walker resigns September 1 after State Supreme Court upholds the Governor 's right to remove him from office.
	8-Nov	Elected president, defeating Herbert Hoover.
1933	15-Feb	Unhurt in assassination attempt by Guiseppe Zangara in Miami, Florida.
	4-Mar	FDR inaugurated; addresses the nation on his plans to fight the depression stating that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Also pledges the United States to the Good Neighbor policy.
	5-Mar	Calls a special session of Congress and proclaims a. bank holiday to beg in March 6. Congress sits for "hundred days" from March 9 to June 16 and enacts into law the principal New Deal measures.
	12-Mar	Delivers first radio "fireside chat" in which he discusses the banking crisis.
	20-Mar	Signs the Economy Act, reducing the salaries of federal employees.
	22-Mar	Signs Beer-Wine Revenue Act which amends the Volstead Act to legalize the manufacture and sale of beer and wine, and levies a $5.00 per barrel tax.
	5-Apr	Issues executive order establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps.
	10-Apr	Recommends to Congress the creation of a Tennessee Valley Authority.
	19-Apr	Issues executive order embargoing gold shipments, effectively taking the United States off the gold standard.
	12-May	Signs the Agricultural "Adjustment Act.”
	13-Jun	Signs Home Owners Refinancing Act which creates Home Owners Loan Corporation to refinance home mortgage debts for non-farm owners.
	16-Jun	Signs Banking Act which creates Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for guaranteeing individual bank deposits.
	16-Jun	Signs the National Industrial Recovery Act, which establishes the National Recovery Adminis­tration and the Public Works Administration.
	3-Jul	Rejects currency stabilization plan proposed by World Economic Conference. Action seen as a blow to international cooperation and a move toward isola­tion.
	5-Aug	Sets up the National Labor Board, as authorized by NIRA, to protect the right of labor to engage in collective bargaining.
	9-Nov	Issues executive order establishing the Civil Works Administration, an emergency relief pro­gram to employ four million jobless on federal, state and local make-work projects.
	16-Nov	Recognizes the Soviet Union.
1934	31-Jan	Issues a proclamation setting the price of gold at $35.00 an ounce. Signs the Farm Mortgage Refinancing Act.
	12-Apr	Senate votes an inquiry into manufacture and traffic in arms. The hearings of Senator Nye's com­mittee which follow strengthen isolationism and sup­port for the neutrality laws.
	13-Apr	Enacts Johnson Debt Default Act which prohi­bits loans to governments in default on obligations to the United States government. Bill does not persuade debtor countries to pay.
	28-Apr	Signs the Homeowners Loan Act.
	6-Jun	Signs the Securities Exchange Act which creates the Securities and Exchange Commission.
	12-Jun	Signs the Trade Agreements Act which authorizes him to cut tariffs by up to 50% for those nations that accorded the U.S. the most favored nation treatment.
	28-Jun	Signs the Federal Farm Bankruptcy Act.
	28-Jun	Signs National Housing Act which establishes Federal Housing Administration.
1935	4-Jan	Asks Congress to enact legislation to assist the needy and unemployed.
	8-Apr	Signs Emergency Relief Appropriation Act which provides for large-scale national works program for jobless employables. Major agencies of the program are the Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration, renamed Work Projects Administration in 1939.
	1-May	Sets up Resettlement Administration to improve conditions of impoverished farm families.
	11-May	Creates Rural Electrification Administration to bring electricity to isolated rural areas not serviced by private utilities.
	22-May	Vetoes veterans' bonus bill.
	27-May	Supreme Court rules NRA unconstitutional in Schechter Corp. vs. United States.
	26-Jun	Sets up National Youth Administration to provide jobs for youths aged 16 to 25.
	5-Jul	Signs the Wagner Act, which set up the National Labor Relations Board.
	14-Aug	Signs the Social Security Act.
	26-Aug	Signs Public Utilities Act which requires all public utilities to register with SEC and limits them to the simplest form of incorporation.
	31-Aug	Signs the Neutrality Act which imposes a mandatory arms embargo against all belligerents.
	5-Oct	Proclaims U.S. neutrality following Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.
1936	2-Mar	Signs Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act which replaces AAA, invalidated by the Supreme Court on January 6.
	23-Jun	Roosevelt is nominated for a second term at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Running mate is again John N. Garner.
	Aug	Delivers speech at Chautauqua, New York in which he says, "I hate war."
	3-Nov	Roosevelt is reelected, defeating Alfred M. Land on of Kansas.
	Dec	Attends and addresses the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace in Buenos Aires.
1937	20-Jan	Roosevelt inaugurated for second term, addresses the nation on the needs of the one-third of the people who are "...ill-ho used, ill-clad, ill-nourished."
	5-Feb	Responding to invalidation by the Supreme Court of major New Deal social and economic legisla­tion, FDR requests Congress for legislation empow­ering him to appoint six additional justices to the Supreme Court, and make other changes in the federal court system.
	1-May	Signs Neutrality Act of 1937 which permitted sale of certain commodities to belligerent countries on a "cash and carry" basis.
	1-Jun	Asks Congress for legislation to close tax loop-holes used "by a minority of very rich indi­viduals."
	7-Jul	Fighting breaks out between Japanese and Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Peking.
	20-Jul	FDR in conference with Congressional leaders agrees to shelve the judicial reorganization plan, thus ending his attempt to "pack" the Supreme Court.
	22-Jul	Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act sets up the Farm Security Administration and provides for low in­terest loans for tenants to purchase farms.
	26-Aug	Signs modified Judicial Procedure Reform Act.
	2-Sep	Signs the National Housing (Wagner-Steagall) Act which creates the U.S. Housing Authority .
	5-Sep	Warns American citizens in China that they stay at their own risk.
	14-Sep	Forbids, by executive order, Government owned ships to transport arms and munitions to China and Japan.
	5-Oct	Delivers speech in Chicago calling for a "quarantine" of aggressor nations.
	12-Oct	Calls special session of Congress for November 15, urging legislation on maximum hours, minimum wages and other matters. Congress adjourns December 21 without adopting any of his recommendations.
	13-Dec	Responding to the sinking of the UnitedStates gunboat, Panay, by Japanese planes the previous day,, Roosevelt sends a memo to the Secretary of State ordering him to tell the Japanese ambassador of his shock and concern over "indiscriminate bombing of American and other non-Chinese vessels on the Yangtse..."
1938	6-Jan	States his opposition to the Ludlow amend­ment which calls for a popular referendum on a decla­ration of war unless the United States was invaded.
	28-Jan	Asks for a billion dollar appropriation to beg in construction of a two-ocean navy.
	29-Jan	Initiates the work of the National Founda­tion for Infantile Paralysis to foster research and treatment of polio.
	16-Feb	Signs the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
	14-Apr	Asks Congress for additional emergency recovery aid to combat the business recession that began in August 1937.
	30-Apr	Appoints Myron Taylor to Intergovernmental Committee on Political Refugees.
	14-Jun	Congress passes Minimum Wages and Hours Bill.
	16-Jun	Congress establishes the Temporary National Economic Committee to determine the effects of mono­poly on the economy and to improve antitrust policy.
	21-Jun	Signs the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act aimed at dealing with the recession.
	24-Jun	Delivers fireside chat on party primaries; calls for the election of liberal candidates who recognize that "new conditions...cal1 for new remedies."
	25-Jun	Signs the Fair Labor Standards Act. which stipulates minimum wages and maximum hours for busi­nesses engaged in interstate commerce.
	30-Jun	Lays cornerstone at New York World's Fair site.
	1-Jul	Establishes the Federal Works   Agency whichconsolidates   five   agencies: Public Buildings Administration,   Public Roads   Administration, Public Works Administration,   Works Progress Administration, and U.S. Housing  Authority.
	7-Jul	Begins transcontinental speaking tour; returns to  Washington August 12.
	14-Jul	Proposes world disarmament conference  in 1939.
	Aug	Following through on his speech of   June 24, FDR campaigns against "reactionary”   legislators seeking reelection. These    include Senators George of Georgia and Tydings of   Maryland, and   Representative 0 'Connor of   New York. The "purge"  fails, w i th   loss   of prestige for FDR.
	26-27 Sep	Urges peaceful solution to  the Czechoslovak crisis.
	7-Oct	Announces that counter-espionage measures in  the U.S. will be intensified.
	14-Nov	Summons principal military and civilian advisors to a White House conference on rearmament. His objectives include production of 10,000 combat aircraft by 1940.
	15-Nov	On receiving the news of Nazi atrocities of “Kristallnacht," FDR denounces German treatment of the Jews; orders U.S. ambassador to return home for” consultations."
	27-Dec	Announces plan to provide pilot training to college students to qualify them as civilian reserve pilots.
1939	4-Jan	Urges program of   intensified national defense in   State of   the Union address.
	27-Jan	Discloses that French purchase of modern military planes has been authorized.
	3-Apr	Administrative Reorganization Act seeks to increase government efficiency by regrouping or simplifying many federal agencies to reduce oreliminate overlapping and waste.
	4-Apr	Signs the emergency appropriation bill for national defense.
	14-Apr	Pledges full support for any American nation which is attacked by hemispheric outsiders.
	15-Apr	Sends message to Hitler and Mussolini seeking formal assurance that they will not invade 31 independent nations.
	30-Apr	Becomes first president to appear on televi­sion, addressing the opening ceremonies of the New York World’s Fair.
	Jun	Entertains the King and Queen of Great Britain
	5-Jul	Transfers the Joint Army -Navy Board, the Joint Army-Navy Munitions Board and several other military procurement agencies from the service departments into the newly-established Executive Office of the Presi­dent. Makes Chiefs of Staff directly responsible to him.
	14-Jul	Formally requests Congress for revision of U.S. Neutrality Law.
	19-Jul	Invites Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees to confer on methods of speeding up immigra­tion from Germany.
	24-Aug	Sends peace appeals to King Victor Emmanuel, President Moscicki of Poland and Hitler.
	25-Aug	President Moscicki replies indicating he was ready to negotiate directly with Germany; President Roosevelt sends second appeal for peace to Hitler.
	1-Sep	Germany attacks Poland.
	3-Sep	In fireside chat on the war in Europe, FDR says the nation would remain neutral but that he can not ask that “every American remain neutral in thought as well.”
	8-Sep	Proclaims state of limited national emergency.
	21-Sep	Calls special session of Congress to repeal arms embargo.
	11-Oct	Receives letter dated August 2, 1939 from Albert Einstein which discusses the possibility of an atomic bomb. Creates President's Advisory Committee on Uranium the following day to explore the potentialities of atomic energy.
	4-Nov	Congress passes Neutrality Act of 1939which repeals the arms embargo and places arms sales on a cash and carry basis.
	19-Nov	Speaks at the laying of the cornerstone of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park, NY.
1940	9-Feb	Sends Under Secretary of State, Sumner Welles, to Europe to gather information on the war aims of the belligerents and the possibilities for peace. Welles reports on March 28.
	10-13 May	Germany invades Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and France.
	16-May	FDR issues call for annual production of 50,000 planes.
	29-May	Appeals to Mussolini to use his influence for peace.
	10-Jun	Denounces Italy for its attack on France: "the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor."
	13-Jun	Promises redoubled efforts to aid France and the Allies.
	20-Jun	Appoints Republicans Henry L. Stimson Secretary of War and Frank Knox Secretary of the Navy.
	22-Jun	France signs armistice with Germany at Compiegne.
	22-Jun	FDR overrides advice of Joint Board of the Army and Navy and decides to extend full military assistance to Great Britain.
	28-Jun	Alien Registration Act (Smith Act) makes it unlawful for any person to advocate the overthrow of any government in the United States by force, and to organize or become a member of any group dedicated to teaching such doctrine.
	17-Jul	Accepts Democratic Party's "draft" for the presidency and agrees to run for an unprecedented third term. Demands Henry Wallace as vice-president.
	20-Jul	Approves bill authorizing two-ocean navy.
	18-Aug	Meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King to plan joint defense measures. Joint Defense Board established.
	2-Sep	Approves "destroyers for bases" deal with Great Britain.
	16-Sep	Signs Burke-Wadsworth Act-first peace­time draft in U.S. history.
	27-Sep	Japan signs a three-power pact with Germany and Italy, pledging mutual assistance in the event of war with a nation not then a belligerent.
	30-Oct	Delivers campaign speech in Boston in which he states that no American boys are going to be sent into any foreign wars.
	5-Nov	Elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie.
	17-Dec	At press conference FOR proposes "lend-leasing" arms to Great Britain.
	20-Dec	Sets up the Office of Production Manage­ment with William S. Knudsen as director to coordi­nate defense production and speed up "aid short of war" to Britain and other anti-Axis nations.
	29-Dec	In fireside chat, he pledges that the United States will become the "arsenal of democracy."
1941	6-Jan	In state of the union message recommends lend lease aid to Great Britain and enunciates the four freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
	27-Jan - 29-Mar	As authorized by FOR, the U.S. military holds secret talks in Washington with their British counterparts to discuss strategy for war. They decide that if they become involved in a war with Germany and Japan, the concentration of force should be on Germany first.
	11-Mar	Lend lease bill signed.
	6-May	FDR extends lend-lease aid to China.
	27-May	Declares "unlimited national emergency" in Pan American Day Address.
	14-Jun	Orders freezing of all German and Italian assets in the United States.
	15-Jun	Creates Fair Employment Practices Committee to prevent discrimination in defense work.
	22-Jun	Germany invades U.S.S.R.
	24-Jun	Releases Russian credits and promises U.S. aid.
	28-Jun	Establishes the Office of Scientific Research and Development to coordinate the U.S. scientific effort, including radar, proximity fuse, sonar and the atomic bomb. Development of the bomb was transfer­red later to the Army under the Manhattan District project.
	1-Jul	Directs Admiral Stark to order American forces to Iceland to prevent occupation and use by Germany as a base against Western Hemisphere. U.S. forces land there July 7.
	9-Jul	FDR requests the Secretaries of War and Navy to explore at once overall prod action requirements needed to defeat potential enemies. In response the Army-Navy Joint Board produces the Victory Production Program in September 1941.
	24-Jul	Japanese military occupies French Indochina.
	26-Jul	Nationalizes the armed forces of the Philippines and places them under General Douglas MacArthur, who is named commander-in-chief of U.S. forces in the Far East.
	26-Jul	United States embargoes gas, oil, and metal shipments to Japan and freezes Japanese assets in the U.S.
	9-12 Aug	Roosevelt and Churchill meet at Atlantic Conference aboard USS Augusta at Argentia Bay in Newfoundland.
	14-Aug	United States and Great Britain jointly issue the Atlantic Charter.
	7-Sep	His mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, dies at age 86.
	11-Sep	Responding to the German submarine attack on the USS Greer , declares that U.S. will protect vessels of any nationality "engaged in commerce in our defensive waters."
	9-Oct	Requests arming of U.S. merchant ships.
	17-Nov	Signs bill amending Neutrality Act to allow American merchant ships to be armed.
	17-Nov	Ambassador Joseph Grew warns Washing ton of the possibility of a sudden attack by Japan.
	20-Nov	Japanese-American discussions begin in Washington between Hull and Ambassador Nomura and special envoy Kurusu.
	25-Nov	Japanese carrier force bound for Pearl Harbor leaves the Kurile Islands.
	26-Nov	Hull proposes to the Japanese (with FDR's approval) that Japan withdraw its troops from China and Indochina and conclude a multilateral non-aggression pact.
	1-Dec	Japan publicly rejects Cordell Hull's peace proposals.
	6-Dec	FDR appeals directly to Emperor Hirohito to use his influence to preserve peace and to" with-draw Japanese troops from Indochina.
	7-Dec	Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
	8-Dec	Asks Congress to declare war on Japan.
	11-Dec	Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
	22-Dec	Churchill arrives for the firstWashington conference. He and FDR decide on "Germany first" war strategy.
	27-Dec	Rationing begins with auto tires
1942	1-Jan	United Nations declaration signed by 26 nations.
	2-Jan	United States forces abandon Manila to the Japanese and retire to Bataan and Corregidor Island in Manila Bay where they surrender on May 6.
	6-Jan	Calls for production in 1942 of 60,000 planes, 45,000 tanks, 20,000 anti-aircraft guns, 6,000, 000 deadweight tons of merchant ships.
	12-Jan	A twelve-man National War Labor Board is established to settle disputes by mediation and arbitration.
	16-Jan	Establishes the War Production Board with Donald Nelson as head.
	30-Jan	Signs Emergency Price Control Act, which establishes the Office of  Price Administration.
	20-Feb	Signs Executive Order 3066 which orders the evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the Pacific coast to relocation camps inland.
	18-Apr	Establishes by executive order a nine-man War Manpower Commission for more effective use of manpower resources with Paul V. McMutt as chairman.
	18-Apr	Carrier-launched U.S. 3-25 bombers led by Major General James H. Doolittle raid Tokyo.
	27-Apr	Outlines drastic 7 point program to combat inflation, including control of incomes, wages, prices and distribution.
	29-May-1-Jun	Meets with Russian foreign minister, V.M. Molotov, and assures him of efforts for a second front in 1942, over the protests of General Marshall.
	3-6-Jun	Japan handed its first major defeat at the battle of Midway, which checks the Japanese advance across the central Pacific.
	19-25-Jun	Meets with Churchill at second Washing ton Conference and discusses the timing of the projected cross-channel invasion and Anglo-American cooperation in the development of the atomic bomb. Both men agree that American forces should become engaged in the European or African theater in 1942.
	16-Jul	In his instructions to Harry Hopkins, Gen­eral Marshall and Admiral King for their conference in London, he gives highest importance to American ground forces engaging the Germans in 1942, while opposing an all-out effort in the Pacific against Japan.
	23-24-Jul	FDR decides to execute TORCH, the invasion of north Africa.
	7-Aug	United States launches first major offen­sive against the Japanese at Guadalcanal.
	14-Aug	Names General Dwight D. Eisenhower command­er for the North African invasion.
	Sep	Sends Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt to Great Britain to visit American troops stationed there.
	2-Oct	Establishes Office of Economic Stabilization with James F. Byrnes as head.
	4-Nov	British forces defeat Germans at El Alamein.
	8-Nov	U.S. and British forces under the command of General Eisenhower land in North Africa.
	19-Nov	Russian offensive against the Germans on the Stalingrad front commences.
	4-Dec	Work Projects Administration given "honorable discharge" by Roosevelt.
1943	14-24-Jan	Becomes first president to leave the United States in wartime. Meets Church ill at the Casablanca Conference in North Africa and enunciates "unconditional surrender" formula, agrees to invasion of Sicily and strategic bombing in Europe.
	9-Feb	United States Marines complete conquest of Guadalcanal.
	8-Apr	Issues "hold-the-line" executive order freezing prices, salaries and wages.
	20-Apr	Confers with President Avila Camacho in Monterrey, Mexico on wartime and postwar cooper­ation.
	12-25-May	Third Washing ton Conference plans global strategy and the opening of the second front in Europe.
	27-May	Issues executive order creating the Office of War Mobilization.
	27-May	Orders that all contracts with war industries forbid racial discrimination.
	10-Jul - 17-Aug	Invasion and conquest of Sicily by Anglo-American forces.
	14-24-Aug	First Quebec Conference reaches agree­ment on stepping up military operations in the Far East.
	Aug	Dispatches Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt on a 25,000 mile trip to installations in the South Pacific war zone.
	3-Sep	British Eighth Army launches invasion of Italy.
	8-Sep	Italian government of Marshall Badogliosurrenders unconditionally to the Allies.
	9-Sep	U.S. Fifth Army lands at Salerno.
	10-Nov	Allied Control Commission for Italy established.
	24-Nov	Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands is taken.
	22-26 Nov	First phase of Cairo Conference.
	28-Nov - 2-Dec	Roosevelt, Church ill and Stalin meet at Teheran and agree that the invasion of Normandy is main objective in 1944.
	2-7-Dec	Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet at Cairo
	24-Dec	Roosevelt in Christmas radio message announces the appointment of General Eisenhower as supreme commander of Overlord-the invasion of France.
1944	22-Jan	Creates War Refugee Board.
	29-Jan	Russians announce the Moscow-Leningrad area cleared of German troops.
	31-Jan-23-Feb	United States forces take Kwajalein and Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands.
	1-Mar - 22-Apr	United States troops invade the Admiralty Islands and take Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea.
	27-Mar	Commander Howard G. Bruenn, consultant in cardiology, begins treatment of FDR.
	4-Jun	U.S. Fifth Army liberates Rome.
	6-Jun	Allied forces invade France. FDR goes on radio to announce cross-Channel invasion is under way; leads nation in prayer for speedy victory.
	15-Jun	U.S. ground forces invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
	22-Jun	Signs Servicemen's Readjustment Act, known as G.I. Bill of Rights, which offers veterans grants for education and other assistance.
	1-22-Jul	Bretton Woods conference on international economic problems.
	19-21-Jul	Roosevelt nominated for a fourth term. Drops Wallace and accepts Harry Truman as vice-president.
	26-29-Jul	Confers in Hawaii with General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz on strategy in the Pacific.
	9-Aug	United States forces take Guam, completing the conquest of the Marianas.
	21-Aug	Dumbarton Oaks Conference convenes in Washington, D.C. to discuss structure of the future United Nations.
	25-Aug - 11-Sep	France, Belgium and Luxem­bourg liberated by General Eisenhower’s Allied Forces.
	12-Sep	U.S. forces enter Germany.
	11-16-Sep	Meets with Churchill at Second Quebec Conference to formulate plans for postwar Germany.
	23-Sep	Denounces Republican attacks on his dog Fala in campaign speech at Teamsters' Union dinner.
	Oct	On the 21st and 27th, respectively, FDR cam­paigns in an open car in cold rain in New York City and Philadelphia to dispel rumors he is in poor health.
	20-Oct	General MacArthur leads United States forces in the invasion of Leyte in the Philippines.
	7-Nov	Roosevelt reelected to a fourth term, de­feating Thomas E. Dewey.
	16-26 Dec	German counteroffensive-"Battle of-the Bulge"-is checked, but Americans suffer 77,000 casualties .
1945	12-23-Jan	Russians reach Oder River.
	20-Jan	Roosevelt inaugurated for fourth time.
	30-Jan - 2-Feb	Malta Conference.
	4-11-Feb	Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta and discuss postwar settlements. Stalin agrees to enter the war in the Far East once the conflict in Europe is over.
	19-Feb	United States Marines land on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands and secure it March 16.
	23-Feb	Manila is liberated.
	1-Mar	Addresses Congress on the results of the Yalta Conference.
	7-Mar	United States troops seize the bridge at Remagen and cross the Rhine River.
	13-Mar	Meets with delegates to the organization conference for the United Nations scheduled to meet in San Francisco.
	29-Mar	Travels to Warm Springs for rest and recu­peration.
	1-Apr	U.S. Tenth Army invades Okinawa, main island of the Ryukyus, 360 miles southwest of Japan.
	11-Apr	U.S. Ninth Army reaches the Elbe River.
	12-Apr	Roosevelt dies at Warm Spring, Georgia.
	15-Apr	Roosevelt is buried in the Rose Garden of his home at Hyde Park, New York.