MOMENTS IN TIME
. On Nov. 5, 1911,
Leonard Slye, later known as Roy Rogers, is born in Cincinnati. The singer and cowboy actor launched “The Roy Rogers Show,” a mix of music and drama, in 1944. The show always closed with the song “Happy Trails,” which became known as Rogers’ theme song.
. On Nov. 7, 1944,
Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected president of the United States for a record third time, becoming the first and only president in history to win a fourth term in office. Three months after his inauguration, Roosevelt died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage.
. On Nov. 9, 1938,
in an event that would foreshadow the Holocaust, German Nazis launch a campaign of terror against Jewish people in Germany and Austria. The violence left approximately 100 Jews dead, and 7,500 Jewish businesses damaged. An estimated 30,000 Jewish men were arrested.