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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.
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 is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 289 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 45 BC ...
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 ...
Succeeded to one partial term (3 years, 10 months, and 17 days) 38: Chester A. Arthur: 1,262 21st • September 19, 1881 [h] – March 4, 1885: Succeeded to one partial term (3 years, 5 months, and 13 days) 39: John F. Kennedy: 1,036 35th • January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 [c] Assassinated: died 2 years, 10 months, and 2 days into term 40
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.
Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 ... [17] The ensuing "First 100 Days" of the 73rd ... 27 of that year, Roosevelt held out until ...
The first 100 days of the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency began on March 4, 1933, the day Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States.He had signaled his intention to move with unprecedented speed to address the problems facing the nation in his inaugural address, declaring: "I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a ...