American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (born 1882)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on US involvement in World War II. A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932.

Born

1882

January 30

Died

1945

Era

1880s

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Franklin, in brief

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1882 Born
1945 Died

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1018 Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
1287 King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
1607 An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
1648 Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.

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The world in 1945

When Franklin departed

april 1 World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
april 11 World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
april 12 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him.
april 12 World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.

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Same-year contemporaries

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Dora Marsden 1882–1960 English author and activist (born 1882) Getúlio Vargas 1882–1954 Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (died 1954) Henry Burr 1882– Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (died 1941) Henry J. Kaiser 1882–1967 American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (born 1882) Inayat Khan 1882–1927 Indian mystic and educator (born 1882) James Joyce 1882–1941 Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1941) James Somerville 1882–1949 English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (died 1949) John Barrymore 1882–1942 American actor (died 1942) Kâzım Karabekir 1882– Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (died 1948)

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