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Election of 1932
Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats republican Herbert Hoover in the run for president -
Third Term
FDR becomes the first and only president (so far) to serve a third term as president of the United States. -
"Four Freedoms"
FDR makes his famous "Four Freedoms" address stating that people "everywhere in the world" should enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. -
Lend-Lease bill
FDR signs Lend-Lease bill to fund countries battling the axis powers. This leads to $50.1 billion ($611 billion equivalent today) worth of supplies being shipped to Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union over the next three and a half years. -
Atlantic Charter
FDR secretely meets up with British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, in Newfoundland to draft the Atlantic Charter. This outlines goals for a postwar world including “no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people,” and “restoration of self-government to those deprived of it”. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Japan's surprise attack on the US, which leads to the Infamy Speech. FDR has had the last straw with Axis Powers. -
Infamy Speech
FDR's speech about how the date December 7th, 1941 will live in infamy. US declares war on Japan. -
Focus on Japan
FDR takes America's focus and turns it towards Japan. -
Executive Order 9906
FDR signs executive order 9906 which allowed the internment of Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and western states. -
Operation Overload
Roosevelt comes face to face with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Tehran Conference. Here they discuss Operation Overload; a cross channel invasion of France. -
D-Day
FDR chooses Dwight Eisenhower to lead allied forces to invade France. -
Quebec Conference
Britain and the US combine efforts to build a nuclear bomb into the Manhattan project. -
Fourth Term
FDR gets elected for a historic fourth term as president. -
FDR Death
In the afternoon Roosevelt says “I have a terrific pain in the back of my head,” and slumps over in his chair. He is diagnosed with a massive cerebral hemorrhage (a stroke). Roosevelt dies at 3.35pm. His death came just as Allied tanks were closing in on Berlin. Roosevelt’s death shocks America and the world. -
Germany Surrenders
Although FDR was not alive, the goal he worked towards for the majority of his presidency had been accomplished.
