Franklin D. Roosevelt
On this day in 1942, clocks are pushed ahead an hour in each time zone to save energy.
The time FDR moved Thanksgiving up a week—and set off a political firestorm.
On this day in 1878, the public administrator, who sought to improve the lives of immigrants, women and children, is born.
They lost it.
On this day in 1942, lawmakers lower the draft age to 18 and raise the upper limit to age 37.
From FDR to Barack Obama, U.S. presidents have been enjoying baseball for more than 60 years. With the 2014 World Series about to get underway, here's a look at past and present commanders in chief, enjoying America's pastime.
Opinion: What the Bushes and the Clintons can learn from a fallen political dynasty.
On this day in 1949, Harry Truman's pick, Sherman Minton, turns down a Judiciary Committee hearing.
He asked Congress to revise the legislation because, he argued, it indirectly aided the Germans.
She defends her family and the Bushes, but adds that America is not a monarchy.
The invasion was a success. But its timing was hotly contested.
On this day in 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, while seated in the Oval Office, pressed a golden telegraph button to ceremonially open the Golden Gate Bridge to traffic.
Fifty years after his death, it’s time America’s most misunderstood military genius got his due.
The tower lights atop the 102-story structure first came on in November 1932 to signal that Franklin D. Roosevelt had defeated Hoover in their presidential contest.
Simon says the famed historian spoke her mind at a recent meeting of University of Chicago alumni.
It was the first of what were to be four such swearing-in ceremonies for FDR and the last to occur on the constitutionally prescribed date of March 4.
Eleanor Roosevelt is the top-ranked first lady in American history, according to a new poll.
On this day in 1882, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is born in Hyde Park, N.Y.
On this day in 1882, Fiorello La Guardia, who served as mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945, was born in Greenwich Village.
On this day in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Cordell Hull, the secretary of state, were informed that a Japanese strike against American bases in the Pacific was a distinct possibility.