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The fireside chats were a series of evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, between 1933 and 1944.Roosevelt spoke with familiarity to millions of Americans about recovery from the Great Depression, the promulgation of the Emergency Banking Act in response to the banking crisis, the 1936 recession, New Deal initiatives, and the course of ...
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt An excerpt from the speech where Roosevelt says "... a date which will live in infamy". The "Day of Infamy" speech , sometimes referred to as the Infamy speech , was a speech delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt , the 32nd president of the United States , to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941.
April 8 - President Roosevelt designates the upcoming May 17 as "I Am An American Day". [123] The War Production board announces a small scale conversion of drinking liquor to industrial alcohol. [124] April 9 - The Department of Commerce reports an uptake of 52% in American merchandise exports from corresponding months of the previous year. [125]
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March 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts) Saint Patrick's Day, a public holiday in Ireland, Montserrat and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, widely celebrated in the English-speaking world and to a lesser degree in other parts of the world.
March 13 – World War II: All US assets of Hungarian nationals are frozen. [1] March 17 – National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. March 22 – Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity. March 24 – World War II: All US assets of Yugoslavian nationals are frozen. [1]
Week 17 of the NFL season features a matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field.. The Cowboys, officially eliminated from the playoffs, are riding a ...