First National Thanksgiving
On December 18, 1777, the United States celebrated its first national Thanksgiving. The celebration was in reaction to the recent victory at the Battle of Saratoga.
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Birth of Felix Frankfurter
Associate Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter was born on November 15, 1882, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
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National Apprenticeship Act
On August 16, 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the National Apprenticeship Act into law.
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The Homestead Act
On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.
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1939 New York World’s Fair
On April 30, 1939, the New York World’s Fair opened at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York.
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Birth of Henry Luce
Magazine magnate Henry Robinson Luce was born on April 3, 1898, in Tengchow, Shandong, China.
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First Female Cabinet Member
On February 28, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins as head of the Department of Labor, making her the first woman to serve on a presidential cabinet.
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Birth of President Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt’s four terms in office coincided with two of the most turbulent eras in American history – the Great Depression and the Second World War.
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Social Security Act of 1935
On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law.
