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May 6, 1935

On May 6, 1935, new Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration. Dudley Moore, Harry Crews, Dudley Moore would arrive in the same year.

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1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1935th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 935th year of the 2nd millennium, the 35th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1930s decade.

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On May 6, 1935

  1. 1935 New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.

    1930s programs of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt

    The New Deal was a 1933–1938 series of economic, social, and political reforms in response to the Great Depression in the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He introduced the phrase when accepting the Democratic Party presidential nomination in the 1932 United States presidential election, winning in a landslide over incumbent Herbert Hoover, whose administration was widely viewed as ineffective.

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Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)
Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)
Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)

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