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FDR is born in Hyde Park, New York.
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U.S. Social Security Act is passed.
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Atlantic Charter, stating postwar aims of U.S. and UK, made public.
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor trigered U.S. entry into WWII.
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Allied troops landed in Normandy on D-Day during WWII.
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FDR dies while on vacation in Warm Spings, Georgia from a cerebral hemorhage.