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
He returned with the Bourbons, and resumed his lectures in 1814; but the events of the Hundred Days again compelled him to withdraw into private life, from which he did not emerge until February 1816.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 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
In his first 65 days in office, Vladeck reported in a recent post, Trump issued 100 executive orders, besting the record set by Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first hundred days, when he issued 99.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
One hundred days ago, the previously unthinkable happened in Israel.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2024
Near the south pole, however, where some areas are lit most of the time, the solar panels on the sides of VIPER’s body will allow the rover to operate for more than a hundred days.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 19, 2023
James Garfield served just two hundred days as president.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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