the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
a special session of Congress from March 9, 1933 to June 16, 1933, called by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in which important social legislation was enacted.
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Henry Ford was so outraged over Franklin Roosevelt’s Hundred Days of initial policies to address the Great Depression that he huffed FDR’s “particular genius is to try to run other people’s businesses.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
It may be that Lyndon B. Johnson’s first year after his election in 1964 is a better model than Franklin D. Roosevelt’s legendary First Hundred Days.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2021
It will be a blessing to any teacher needing a boost midway through hour three of the One Hundred Days celebration.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2019
Hundred Days Husband-and-wife writer-performers Abigail and Shaun Bengson celebrate living life to the fullest in this intimate musical memoir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2018
In 1814 it was incorporated in the kingdom of the United Netherlands, and it was here that Louis XVIII. of France took refuge during the Hundred Days.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
One hundred days into Josh D’Amaro’s tenure as Disney’s DIS 0.75%increase; up pointing triangle chief executive officer, the walls of his office are still bare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
"Every year since, I've spent a hundred days in Europe making mistakes, taking careful notes," he says.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025
The tournament is due to begin in one hundred days, on 19 February.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
What specifically would you do in your first hundred days in office to end the war?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
Men and women in those days probably worked from dawn to noon two hundred days a year, which works out to about twelve hundred hours of work annually.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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