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The White House later received a number of telegrams praising Roosevelt's stance. The speech has since been used in various films. Roosevelt's description of December 7, 1941, as "a date which will live in infamy" has been compared with November 22, 1963, the date of the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the terrorist attacks of September 11 ...
The 63-year-old Roosevelt died a few hours later, without regaining consciousness. As Allen Drury later said, "so ended an era, and so began another." After Roosevelt's death, an editorial in The New York Times declared, "Men will thank God on their knees a hundred years from now that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House." [67]
"I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people—the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime. [10] [11] I am sorry I could not see my father." [11] — Leon Czolgosz, assassin of U.S. President William McKinley (29 October 1901), prior to execution by electrocution "I've been looking forward to this." [12]: 58
Some 37,000 gathered in 90-degree temps in the desert to hear his speech. Just before his death, JFK made this historic stop in Eastern WA 60 years ago this week Skip to main content
The love story between John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, was far from perfect and was tragically cut short in 1963 by a sniper’s bullet. The last thing JFK said to Jackie before he died Skip ...
35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963) 333 days before 31st president Herbert Hoover (died October 20, 1964) 5 years, 126 days before 34th president Dwight D. Eisenhower (died March 28, 1969) 9 years, 34 days before 33rd president Harry S. Truman (died December 26, 1972) 40th president Ronald Reagan (died June 5, 2004)
Some 37,000 gathered in 90-degree temps in the desert to hear his speech. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
Let Us Continue is a speech that 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson delivered to a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963, five days after the assassination of his predecessor John F. Kennedy. The almost 25-minute speech is considered one of the most important in his political career.