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The 'holiday' ended on March 13 for the 12 federal reserve banks, and by March 15 for all banks, which then had to apply for a license. [3] Two thousand banks did not reopen after the holiday. On the same day, President Roosevelt placed an embargo on the export of gold and suspended the payment of gold to satisfy government obligations. [28]
March 17 - President Roosevelt holds a press conference in which he speaks against a congressional movement to abolish the 40 hour work week. [105] Roosevelt also states his intent to ask Congress the following day for an increase of seventeen and a half billion toward army warplanes.
Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 ... on Inauguration Day, 1933. When Roosevelt took ... on February 27 of that year, Roosevelt ...
March 14. International Day of Mathematics. National Potato Chip Day. Pi Day. White Day. March 15. World Consumer Rights Day. March 16. National Corn Dog Day. March 17. Evacuation Day. Saint ...
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One of his final stays in Florida was 91 years ago this month when President-elect Roosevelt spoke in downtown Miami on Feb. 15, 1933 — 17 days before his scheduled inauguration at the U.S. Capitol.
1941 - In Washington, DC, the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1950 - University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "Californium". 1958 - The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest-serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms.