Honorable Discharge
On November 29, 1944, the War Department officially adopted the honorable discharge emblem.
Franklin Roosevelt
Birth of Felix Frankfurter
Associate Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter was born on November 15, 1882, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
The Alaska Highway
On October 28, 1942, construction was completed on the 1,700 mile Alaska Highway.
National Apprenticeship Act
On August 16, 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the National Apprenticeship Act into law.
The Homestead Act
On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.
Happy Birthday Harry Truman
President Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884.
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.
Birth of Henry Luce
Magazine magnate Henry Robinson Luce was born on April 3, 1898, in Tengchow, Shandong, China.
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.