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| 1882 | Birth |  |
| 30th Jan Birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1932 | Election | |
| 8th Nov Wins 22 million votes |
| 8th Nov Wins good majorities in the House & the Senate, unprecedented in USAhistory |
| 1933 | Armament | |
| The Navy Dept is allocated $238 million to build 32 new warships |
| 1933 | Diplomacy | |
| Nov The USSR is recognized by the USA, to counteract Japan's rise in the Far East |
| 1933 | Economy | |
| Introduces the "New Deal" |
| 6th Mar USAbanks close for 4 days due to a financial crisis |
| 30th April The USAcomes off the gold standard |
| 16th June The National Recovery Act is passed by Congress |
| 3rd Sep 9 March-16 June, 1st phase of the "Hundred Days" to reform the economy |
| 1933 | Gold Standard | |
| 30th April The USAcomes off the gold standard |
| 1933 | Government | |
| $400 million is made available for road building & improvement |
| $500 million is made available for "public works" |
| Appointed President of the USA, 32nd President, 1st term |
| Founds the National Recovery Administration |
| Introduces the "New Deal" |
| Prepared to accept a national debt of $31,000 million to reduce unemployment |
| The Civilian Conservation Corps finds work for 2 million |
| The Civil Works Administration employs 4 million on public works |
| The Navy Dept is allocated $238 million to build 32 new warships |
| 4th Mar Inaugurated President of the USA |
| 6th Mar USAbanks close for 4 days due to a finacial crisis |
| 9th Mar Banks are closed, only "sound" institutions associated with the Federal Reserve remain |
| 30th April The USAcomes off the gold standard |
| May Creates the civilian conservation corps to reduce unemployment |
| 7th May Goes on TV & describes plans to give work to 1/4 million unemployed |
| June Introduces to Congress the National Indus trial Recovery Bill to increase employment |
| 16th June The National Recovery Act is passed by Congress |
| July Introduces the National Indus trial Recovery Bill to Congress |
| 3rd Sep 9 March-16 June, 1st phase of the "Hundred Days" to reform the economy |
| Nov The USSR is recognized by the USA, to counteract Japan's rise in the Far East |
| 1933 | Hundred Days | |
| 3rd Sep 9 March-16 June, 1st phase of the "Hundred Days" to reform the economy |
| 1933 | Legislation | |
| 16th June The National Recovery Act is passed by Congress |
| 1933 | New Deal | |
| Introduces the "New Deal" |
| 1933 | President | |
| Washington Appointed President of the USA, 32nd President, 1st term |
| 1934 | Amu Settlement | |
| April Japan issues the "Amu-Settlement", a "hands off" China warning to the USA & Britain |
| 1934 | Credit Unions | |
| 26th June Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions |
| 1934 | Diplomacy | |
| 24th Mar The USApromises the Philippines independence |
| April Japan issues the "Amu-Settlement", a "hands off" China warning to the USA & Britain |
| 1934 | Independence of Philippines | |
| 24th Mar The USApromises the Philippines independence |
| 1934 | Internation Labour Organization | |
| 20th Aug The USA joins the Internation Labour Organization |
| 1934 | Legislation | |
| 26th June Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions |
| 1934 | Rule of China | |
| April Japan issues the "Amu-Settlement", a "hands off" China warning to the USA & Britain |
| 1935 | Economy | |
| Washington Concentrates on social security & sets up a works progress administration |
| 1935 | Social Security | |
| Washington Concentrates on social security & sets up a works progress administration |
| 1936 | Government | |
| Opens the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River |
| Passes the Soil Conservation Act which controls farm surpluses |
| 3rd Nov Wins 60% of the vote during the Presidential elections, 27 million of the poll |
| 3rd Nov Wins every state except for 2 |
| 31st Dec The Neutrality Laws are strengthened |
| 1937 | Diplomacy | |
| 5th Oct Roosevelt renounces the neutrality policy towards Japan |
| 1937 | Election | |
| 20th Jan Wins all States except for Maine & Vermont in a landslide, success of his "new deal" |
| 1937 | Legislation | |
| 24th May Congress Approves Roosevelt's Social Security Act |
| 1937 | New Deal | |
| 20th Jan Wins all States except for Maine & Vermont in a landslide, success of his "new deal" |
| 1937 | President | |
| 20th Jan Appointed President of the USA, 26th President, 2nd term |
| 1938 | Diplomacy | |
| 24th Mar The USAasks that all powers help refugees fleeing from the Nazis |
| 27th Mar Washington The USAstops buying Mexican silver in reprisal for the Mexican seizure of American oil companies |
| 10th Nov Washington Criticises the German Government at a press conference |
| 10th Nov Berlin The USAAmbassador is withdrawn from Berlin after "crystal night" |
| 15th Dec Washington sends it's fourth note to Berlin demanding amnesty for Jews |
| 1939 | Armament | |
| 4th Nov Washington Arms can be shipped to belligerent powers if they pay cash & USAships transport them |
| 1939 | Diplomacy | |
| Washington The outbreak of war & the Russo-German non-aggression pact change USAattitudes |
| Jan Washington Requests Congress to amend the Neutrality Act to sell arms |
| 4th Nov Washington Signs an amendment to the Neutrality Act |
| 1939 | Invention Atomic Bomb | |
| Aug Einstein writes a letter to Roosevelt to develop the atomic bomb |
| 1939 | Legislation | |
| 4th Nov Washington Signs an amendment to the Neutrality Act |
| 1940 | Aid to Britain | |
| 30th Dec Washington Makes a speech pledging more aid to Britain & declares the Axis will not win the war |
| 1940 | Alliance | |
| 20th July Washington Provides for a shipbuilding program for entry into the 2nd World War |
| 13th Aug Washington Will supply Britain with 50 WW1 destroyers for the lease of Caribbean naval bases |
| 2nd Sep Washington Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr naval base leases |
| 30th Dec Washington It is announced that the "loan or lease" plan will be extended to Greece & China |
| 30th Dec Washington Makes a speech pledging more aid to Britain & declares the Axis will not win the war |
| 30th Dec Washington The Defence Commission announces approval for arms contracts worth œ2.5 million |
| 1940 | Armament | |
| 20th July Washington Provides for a shipbuilding program for entry into the 2nd World War |
| 27th Aug Washington Congress authorizes the President to call the National guard & other reserves for 1 yr |
| 2nd Sep Washington Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain for 99 yr leases on naval bases |
| 1940 | Conscription | |
| 27th Aug Washington Congress authorizes the President to call the National guard & other reserves for 1 yr |
| 16th Sep Washington Burke-Wadsworth Bill, passed to provide for limited conscription |
| 1940 | Government | |
| 5th Nov Elected for a 3rd term, 27 million votes to Wilkie's 22 million votes |
| 1940 | Legislation | |
| 2nd Sep Washington Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr naval base leases |
| 16th Sep Washington Burke-Wadsworth Bill, passed to provide for limited conscription |
| 1940 | Lend Lease | |
| 2nd Sep Washington Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr nave base leases |
| 1940 | Mobilization | |
| 16th Sep Washington Burke-Wadsworth Bill, passed to provide for limited conscription |
| 1941 | Alliance | |
| 11th Mar Washington SAends the Lend-Lease Bill to Congress |
| 11th Mar Washington The Lend Lease Act provides for the USAto lend Britain & her Allies war materials |
| 1941 | Bombing of Pearl Harbour | |
| 7th Dec Pearl Harbour The bombing of Pearl Harbour bring the USAinto World War II |
| 7th Dec Pearl Harbour The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor sinking or damaging 18 ships |
| 1941 | Conference of Washington | |
| Dec Washington Declares, "When Germany is defeated, the collapse of Italy & Japan will follow" |
| 1941 | Conscription | |
| 19th Dec The Selective Service Act requires all men aged 18-64 register, men aged 20-44 are liable to conscription |
| 1941 | Declaration of War | |
| 8th Dec Washington The USA declares War on Japan |
| 11th Dec Romania declares war on the USA |
| 11th Dec Washington The USA declares war on Germany |
| 1941 | Diplomacy | |
| Washington Relations break down when Roosevelt demands Japanese withdrawal from China & Indochina |
| The USAapplies sanctions against Japan for closing the "Open Door" policy in Asia |
| The USAfreezes all Japanese assets in the USA |
| 1941 | Economy | |
| 27th May Roosevelt declares a state of emergency, the government assumes wide-ranging control of the economy & pledges to resist German aggression |
| 1941 | Ironclad | |
| 29th April Washington Approves the British support of the Free French in capturing Madagascar |
| 1941 | Legislation | |
| 19th Dec The Selective Service Act requires all men aged 18-64 register, men aged 20-44 are liable to conscription |
| 1941 | Open Door | |
| The USAapplies sanctions against Japan for closing the "Open Door" policy in Asia |
| 1941 | Sanctions | |
| The USAapplies sanctions against Japan for closing the "Open Door" policy in Asia |
| 1941 | State of Emergency | |
| 27th May Roosevelt declares a state of emergency, the government assumes wide-ranging control of the economy & pledges to resist German aggression |
| 1942 | Battle of Coral Sea | |
| 8th May Coral Sea Japanese expansion in the Pacific is stopped off New Guinea |
| 1942 | Charter Atlantic Charter | |
| 12th Aug Washington Declares the Allied war aims of world peace, freedom & self-determination |
| 1942 | Commander | |
| June Appoints Eisenhower as the Commander of the USAforces in Europe |
| 1942 | Conference of London | |
| April London At a General Staff Conference the USAis given planning mobilization in Britain |
| April London At a General Staff Conference the USAis given the task of planning entry into Europe |
| 1942 | Conference of Washington | |
| 1st Jan Washington An allied pact becomes the United Nations |
| 1st Jan Washington Declaration by 26 Allies not to conclude a separate armistice |
| 1942 | Declaration of Allies | |
| 1st Jan Washington Declaration by 26 Allies not to conclude a separate armistice, the pact becomes the UN |
| 1942 | Operation Torch | |
| Nov The Allies launch Operation Torch & jointly invade nth Africa |
| 1942 | Peace | |
| 2nd Jan Britain, the USA, China & 22 Allies agree not to make a separate peace with Germany |
| 1942 | Sledgehammer | |
| Pas de Calais The USAwish to relieve pressure on Russia by attacking the Pas de Calais in the summer |
| Aug Dieppe The Dieppe raid is defeated, concerns about Operation Sledgehammer are confirmed |
| 1942 | Treaty of Peace Allies | |
| 1st Jan Washington Declaration 26 by Allies not to conclude a separate armistice becomes basis for the UN |
| 1942 | United Nations | |
| 1st Jan Washington Declaration 26 by Allies not to conclude a separate armistice becomes basis for the UN |
| 1st Jan Washington Declaration by 26 Allies not to conclude a separate armistice, the pact becomes the UN |
| 1943 | Alliance | |
| 24th Jan Washington 2nd meeting of USA& UK leaders |
| 24th Jan Washington Roosevelt & Churchill demand the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy & Japan |
| 1943 | Bolero | |
| A million Americans are shipped to Britain for the Allied invasion of Europe |
| 1943 | Bombing of Germany | |
| 27th Jan Washington The USAairforce bombs Germany for the 1sr time |
| 1943 | Conference of Cairo | |
| 22nd Nov Cairo Opening day of Conference for Allied leaders in Cairo to discuss the war in Asia |
| 24th Nov Cairo 1st day of bi-lateral talks between Britain & the USA |
| 24th Nov Cairo It is agreed to restore all territory lost by the Republic of China |
| 24th Nov Cairo Japan will lose Pacific Islands seized since the beginning of World War I |
| 1943 | Conference of Casablanca | |
| Casablanca A joint Allied staff COSSAC is set up for invasion of Europe in the Summer of 1944 |
| Casablanca Announces the Allies will only accept the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers |
| 24th Jan Casablanca A joint Allied offensive will be launched on the Contentin Peninsula |
| 24th Jan Casablanca An Allied strategy is agreed to defeat Germany then Britain will fight against Japan |
| 24th Jan Casablanca Sicily will be invaded in July & in August |
| 1943 | Conference of Quebec | |
| Quebec Plans a 4 power declaration to establish peace before the peace treaties are signed |
| 1943 | Conference of Tehran | |
| Nov Tehran Agreed to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the sth of France in May 1944 |
| 28th Nov Tehran Opening day of the Tehran Conference attended by Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin |
| Dec Tehran Declatation, "we have concerted our plans for the destruction of the German forces" |
| 1943 | Diplomacy | |
| Washington Invites Russia to attend the Casablanca Conference but Stalin refuses |
| 1st Dec Washington Roosevelt, Churchill & Kai-Shek demand Japan's return to its 1894 boundaries |
| 1st Dec Washington Roosevelt, Churchill & Kai-Shek demand Japan's unconditional surrender |
| 1943 | Invasion of Europe | |
| Casablanca A joint Allied staff COSSAC is set up for invasion of Europe in the Summer of 1944 |
| A million Americans are shipped to Britain for the Allied invasion of Europe |
| 1943 | Invasion of France | |
| Washington Churchill refuses to participate in an Allied invasion of France |
| 1943 | Invasion of Sicily | |
| 24th Jan Sicily The Casablanca Conference agrees Sicily will be invaded in July & in August |
| 1943 | Invention Atomic Bomb | |
| Roosevelt decides to test Einstein's theory & develop the atomic bomb |
| 1943 | Operation Torch | |
| Washington Roosevelt agrees to the British request to invade North Africa, Operation Torch |
| 1943 | Overlord | |
| Nov Tehran Agreed to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the sth of France in May 1944 |
| 1943 | Resolution Connally | |
| Nov Washington Senate voting is 85-5 in favour |
| Nov Washington The USASenate recognizes the need for an international peacekeeping organization |
| 1943 | Strike | |
| 28th Oct Miners go on strike |
| 1943 | Surrender | |
| 24th Jan Washington Roosevelt & Churchill demand the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy & Japan |
