The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command established a new directorate to in support of the Army's continuous ...

Elliott Roosevelt, Eleanor's father, is confined to a mental asylum; Eleanor's mother, Anna Hall Roosevelt, dies of diphtheria. Eleanor becomes engaged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her fifth ...

O n the evening of Mar. 9, 1933 at 8:30 pm Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Emergency Banking Relief Act into law. Passed just five days after his inauguration, the Act was the first piece of ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United States' 32nd president, had many Christmas traditions with his family and staff during his time in office. Roosevelt even grew Christmas trees on his New York land.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security bill into law on this day in history, Aug. 14, 1935, creating a federal safety net for older, unemployed and disadvantaged Americans.

Born on January 30 th, 1882, Franklin D. Roosevelt was born an only child to James and Sara Delano Roosevelt.. The Roosevelts owned a home in New York City and also spent summers on the Canadian ...

On December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare a state of war on Japan.

David Gergen writes that though President Joe Biden is no Franklin D. Roosevelt, his first 100 days in office bear some important similarities to his Democratic predecessor – particularly in ...

Left: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrives at the Capitol for his speech to the assembled members of Congress, March 1, 1945. Photo by Getty Images/Bettmann Related.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt died April 12, 1945, at his retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia, and was transported back to Washington via a funeral train.