Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia, at the age of 63.

The Allies launched Operation Overlord, invading Nazi-occupied France.

The United States and other Allied Powers issued the Declaration by United Nations, pledging to defeat the Axis powers.

Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, which responded in kind.

Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, leading to the U.S. declaration of war.

Roosevelt proposed the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, which aimed to expand the Supreme Court.

Roosevelt won re-election in a landslide, carrying every state except Maine and Vermont.

Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, providing economic security for the elderly, the poor, and the sick.

Roosevelt signed the Securities Exchange Act, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, officially ending Prohibition.

Roosevelt launched the New Deal with a series of programs and agencies to provide relief and recovery.

Roosevelt signed the Cullen–Harrison Act, which brought Prohibition to a close.

Banks reopened after a four-day national 'bank holiday', ending the bank panic.

Roosevelt called for a special session of Congress, which passed the Emergency Banking Act.

Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States, at the nadir of the Great Depression.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York, to businessman James Roosevelt I and his second wife, Sara Ann Delano.