Roosevelt appointed Archibald MacLeish
Time: 1939
Place: Washington D.C., U.S.
Details: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Archibald MacLeish as his successor. Occupying the post from 1939 to 1944 during the height of World War II. MacLeish became the most visible librarian of Congress in the library's history. MacLeish encouraged librarians to oppose totalitarianism on behalf of democracy; dedicated the South Reading Room of the Adams Building to Thomas Jefferson, commissioning artist Ezra Winter to paint four themed murals for the room; and established a "democracy alcove" in the Main Reading Room of the Jefferson Building for important documents such as the Declaration, Constitution and The Federalist Papers.
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1967 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-President Ronald Reagan nominated James H. Billington as the 13th librarian of Congress
1987 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Putnam retired in 1939
1939 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Open World Leadership Center
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Lawrence Quincy Mumford took over
1953 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Memorandum by Douglas Bryant
1962 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-John Russell Young in the office
1897 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Schatz collection of early opera librettos
1908 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1865 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1990 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-The only copy of the 1507 Waldseemüller world map
2003 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-The National Book Festival
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Library of Congress-Gerald Ford appointed Daniel J. Boorstin as librarian
1974 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-The Veterans History Project
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Putnam established the Legislative Reference Service
1914 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-From the Capitol building to its new headquarters
1897 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Library of Congress-Billington established the Library Collections Security Oversight Committee
1992 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
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1944 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1901 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1944 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-The Kluge Center
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1987 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-The Fiction Prize
2008 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Thomas.gov website launched
1994 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1965 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Purchase of the Russian Imperial Collection
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1938 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Impeachment of Andrew Johnson-The First Vote
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Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address
Saturday Mar 4, 1865 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Great Depression-Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted
Friday May 12, 1933 - U.S.
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Malcolm X-Met Martin Luther King Jr.
Thursday Mar 26, 1964 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Juneteenth-the first legislation to recognize "Juneteenth Independence Day" was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives
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1973 oil crisis-EPCA 3-tier price regulation begins
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World War II-Cash and Carry
Thursday Sep 21, 1939 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi was re-elected speaker
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Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi called for the resignation of John Conyers over allegations of harassment
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Nov, 2017 - U.S.
World War II-United States declaration of war on Japan
Monday Dec 8, 1941 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Great Depression-Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act passed
Tuesday Jun 17, 1930 - U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi called for the resignation of Duncan D. Hunter
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W. E. B. Du Bois-Civil Rights Act of 1964
Thursday Jul 2, 1964 - U.S.
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Great Depression-Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929
Saturday Jun 15, 1929 - U.S.
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Saturday May 27, 1933 - U.S.
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Thursday Apr 20, 1871 - U.S.
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Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi announced she would remain on as Democratic leader
Wednesday Nov 14, 2012 - U.S.
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Great Depression-Economy Act of 1933
Monday Mar 20, 1933 - U.S.
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Friday Dec 13, 2019 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Juneteenth-Senate unanimously passed a simple resolution
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Winston Churchill-Churchill addressed a joint meeting of the US Congress
Friday Dec 26, 1941 - Washington D.C., U.S.
1939
Computer-One of The Earliest Examples of an Electromechanical relay Computer.
1939 - Germany
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-His role in the invasion of Poland
Jan, 1939 - Ostrava, Czech Republic
Heinrich Himmler-Invasion of Poland
1939 - Germany
Alan Turing-Ludwig Wittgenstein's Lectures about The Foundations of Mathematics
1939 - Cambridge, England
Igor Stravinsky-His Wife's Death
1939 - France
Returning to Cambridge
1939 - Cambridge, England
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-TWA Takeover
1939 - U.S.
Antibiotic-The Discovery of The First Naturally Derived Antibiotic
1939 - U.S.
Cameras-Argus C9
1939 - U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was put in command of the French Fifth Army's tanks
1939 - France
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip completed a term as a cadet at the Royal Naval College
1939 - Dartmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Spanish Civil War-Franco's troops conquered Catalonia
Jan, 1939 - Catalonia, Spain
Disasters with highest death tolls-Black Friday Bushfires
Thursday Jan 12, 1939 - Victoria, Australia
Library of Congress-Putnam retired in 1939
1939 - Washington D.C., U.S.
The Holocaust-Germany began a genocide policy against Jews
Monday Jan 30, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels continued his intensive antisemitic
Monday Jan 30, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
Frank Sinatra-1st Marriage
Saturday Feb 4, 1939 - Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
Francisco Franco-United kingdom and France officially recognized the Franco regime
Monday Feb 27, 1939 - Spain
Spanish Civil War-Peace deal
Sunday Mar 5, 1939 - Spain
Spanish Civil War-Negrín fled to France
Monday Mar 6, 1939 - France
League of Nations-A total of 63 countries became member states of the League of Nations
1939 - Geneva, Switzerland
World War II-Germany invaded the remainder of Czechoslovakia
Mar, 1939 - Czechoslovakia (Present Day Czechia and Slovakia)
Adolf Hitler-Invade Prague
Wednesday Mar 15, 1939 - Czech Rep. (Czechoslovakia that time)
World War II-1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania
Monday Mar 20, 1939 - Lithuania
World War II-Free City of Danzig
1939 - Danzig (Present Day Gdańsk, Poland)
Spanish Civil War-Nationalists started a general offensive
Sunday Mar 26, 1939 - Spain
Francisco Franco-Madrid fell to the Nationalists
Tuesday Mar 28, 1939 - Madrid, Spain
Adolf Hitler-Offended by the British "guarantee"
Friday Mar 31, 1939 - Germany
Spanish Civil War-Nationalists occupied all Spanish territory
Friday Mar 31, 1939 - Spain
Francisco Franco-Victory was proclaimed
Saturday Apr 1, 1939 - Spain
World War II-Spanish Civil War ended
Saturday Apr 1, 1939 at 09 PM - Spain
Spanish Civil War-Franco proclaimed victory in a radio speech
Saturday Apr 1, 1939 - Spain
Black Friday-President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a presidential proclamation proclaiming Thanksgiving to be the fourth Thursday in November rather than the last Thursday
1939 - U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip met the Princess
1939 - Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England, United Kingdom
World War II-Italy conquered Albania
Wednesday Apr 12, 1939 - Albania
Anna May Wong-Wong visited Australia for more than three months
1939 - Australia
Anna May Wong-The Campbell Playhouse
1939 - New York., U.S.
Anna May Wong-Support of the Chinese struggle against Japan
1939 - U.S.
Second Sino-Japanese War-The Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
Thursday Apr 20, 1939 - Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China
DC Comics-The introduction of Batman
May, 1939 - U.S.
Spanish Civil War-There were harsh reprisals against Franco's former enemies
1939 - Spain
The Holocaust-100,000 Austrian Jews had left the country
May, 1939 - Austria
Edward VIII-NBC radio broadcast
May, 1939 - France
Benito Mussolini-The Pact of Steel
Monday May 22, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
World War II-Pact of Steel
Monday May 22, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
David Ben-Gurion-The British 1939 White paper
Tuesday May 23, 1939 - Palestine
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip repatriated to Greece
1939 - Athens, Greece
Alan Turing-Warsaw Meeting
Jul, 1939 - Warsaw, Poland
Laser-Valentin A. Fabrikant predicted the use of stimulated emission to amplify "short" waves
1939 - Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Nikola Tesla-The Medal of the University St. Clement of Ochrida
1939 - Sofia, Bulgaria
KFC-The Idea
1939 - Kentucky, U.S.
Adolf Hitler-Military mobilization is ordered
Tuesday Aug 22, 1939 - Germany
Joseph Stalin-Non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany
Wednesday Aug 23, 1939 - Soviet Union (Present-Day Russia)
World War II-Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Wednesday Aug 23, 1939 - Moscow, Russia
World War II-Delayed attack
Wednesday Aug 23, 1939 - Germany
Adolf Hitler-Anglo-Polish alliance
Friday Aug 25, 1939 - England, United Kingdom
The Holocaust-List of 30,000 people to send to concentration camps
Tuesday Aug 29, 1939 - Germany
World War II-Hitler demanded that a Polish plenipotentiary immediately travel to Berlin
Wednesday Aug 30, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
World War II-Stormy meeting
Thursday Aug 31, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
Adolf Hitler-WWII Begun
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Western Poland
John F. Kennedy-Europe tour
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Europe & Middle East
Joseph Stalin-WWII Began
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Poland
World War II-World War II Begins
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Poland
The Holocaust-Germany invaded Poland
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Poland
United Nations-World War II was broke up
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Poland (and then Europe)
Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky sailed (alone) for The United States
Sep, 1939 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
World War II-First battle of the war
Saturday Sep 2, 1939 - Westerplatte, Poland
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels proclaimed it illegal to listen to foreign radio stations
Saturday Sep 2, 1939 - Germany
Adolf Hitler-Britain and France declared war on Germany
Sunday Sep 3, 1939 - United Kingdom and France
Winston Churchill-Winston is back
Sunday Sep 3, 1939 - London, England, United Kingdom
World War II-France and Britain declared war on Germany
Monday Sep 4, 1939 - France and United Kingdom
Alan Turing-Turing Reported To Bletchley Park
Monday Sep 4, 1939 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Turing report to Bletchley Park
Monday Sep 4, 1939 - Bletchley Park, England
World War II-German troops reached the suburbs of Warsaw
Friday Sep 8, 1939 - Warsaw, Poland
Bicycle-Military Usage
1939 - Germany
World War II-Battle of the Bzura
Saturday Sep 9, 1939 - Kutno, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
Stan Lee-Graduating high school
1939 - New York, U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip returned to Britain
Sep, 1939 - London, England, United Kingdom
Stan Lee-Working at Timely Comics
1939 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attacked at Bitche
Tuesday Sep 12, 1939 - Bitche, France
Edward VIII-Back to the United Kingdom
Sep, 1939 - United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Outbreak of World War II in the Balmoral Castle estate
1939 - Scotland, United Kingdom
World War II-Ceasefire with Japan
Sep, 1939 - Russia (U.S.S.R.)
Adolf Hitler-Soviets invaded eastern Poland
Sunday Sep 17, 1939 - Eastern Poland
World War II-Soviets invaded Poland
Sunday Sep 17, 1939 - Poland
World War II-First Battle of Changsha
Sunday Sep 17, 1939 - Changsha, China
World War II-Cash and Carry
Thursday Sep 21, 1939 - Washington D.C., U.S.
The Holocaust-Letter from Reinhard Heydrich to the Einsatzgruppen
Thursday Sep 21, 1939 - Germany
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth and Margaret should be evacuated to Canada
Sep, 1939 - Balmoral Castle, Balmoral Estates, Ballater, United Kingdom
World War II-Mutual assistance pacts
Sep, 1939 - Moscow, Russia
Operation Mincemeat-The deception paper used by the British
Friday Sep 29, 1939 - U.K
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Arriving in Kraków
Oct, 1939 - Kraków, Poland
World War II-Battle of Kock
Monday Oct 2, 1939 - Kock, Poland
Charles de Gaulle-Reynaud asked for a staff posting under De Gaulle
Oct, 1939 - France
World War II-Public peace overture
Friday Oct 6, 1939 - Germany
The Holocaust-Hitler signed a "euthanasia decree"
Oct, 1939 - Germany
United Nations-Empty headquarters
1939 - Geneva, Switzerland
Thanksgiving-Last Thursday in November
Tuesday Oct 31, 1939 - U.S.
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Meeting Itzhak Stern
Nov, 1939 - Kraków, Poland
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Business Consultant
Nov, 1939 - Kraków, Poland