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1 day ago · The third presidential term of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on January 20, 1941, when he was once again inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States, and the fourth term of his presidency ended with his death on April 12, 1945. Roosevelt won a third term by defeating Republican nominee Wendell Willkie in the 1940 United States ...
2 days ago · On the attack on Pearl Harbor and declaring war on Japan. Recorded December 8, 1941. Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
- Herbert H. Lehman
- Woodrow Wilson
5 days ago · Presidential Medal of Freedom, the foremost U.S. civilian decoration, awarded to individuals who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
1 day ago · The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of the democratic socialist president of Chile Salvador Allende and his Popular Unity coalition government. [10] [11] Allende, who has been described as the first Marxist to be democratically elected president in a Latin American liberal democracy, [12] [13] faced significant social unrest ...
- Armed forces put the country under military control. Little and unorganized civil resistance.
- Chile
- 11 September 1973
5 days ago · In 1948 and 1964 the Democratic National Convention was dominated by the issue of civil rights. In 1948 Southern Democrats, then known as “ Dixiecrats,” abandoned the convention and supported their own candidate, segregationist Gov. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina .
4 days ago · Ronald Wilson Reagan ( 6 February 1911 – 5 June 2004) was an American politician and actor, who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.
4 days ago · The 1948 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the (1948 United States presidential election). State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the (Electoral College), who voted for president and (vice president).
