OT: Soviet Re-Birth

[Baron Munchausen]

geoschmo said:
The 22nd amendment instituted an official 2-term limit on the US president. Prior to that it was only a tradition. One that was broken only by FDR.

By the way, FDR did serve three full terms. He was elected four times and died during his fourth term, just short of the end of WWII.

And the fascinating fact is, he took office within weeks of Hitler (Hitler's swearing in as Chancellor of Weimar Germany -- 30 January 1933, Roosevelt's first inauguration -- 4 March 1933 ) and he died in office within weeks of Hitler (Roosevelt's death by stroke -- 12 April 1945, Hitler's suicide -- 30 April 1945). These two men shaped twelve years of epic history.