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
Over his own name appeared monographs on Elba, the Hundred Days, and Waterloo.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
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
Then, a little more than a hundred days on, during his first foreign tour – which took him to three wealthy Arab states – he boasted that he was making good on that vow.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
What specifically would you do in your first hundred days in office to end the war?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
Her silence stretched across the morning and led me back through the past hundred days, and I knew what she was going to say before she finally said it.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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