Understand[edit] London Heathrow (LHR) is a giant, sprawling airport divided into four terminals (T2, T3, T4 and T5). Originally established in the late 1940s, it is London's primary airport and the premier air gateway into the United Kingdom.
Publisher. A+E Networks. On this day in 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the GI bill to provide financial aid to veterans returning from World War II. Upon signing the legislation, Roosevelt voiced his belief that ensuring veteransâ employability was critical to a sound postwar economy.
It took several years of wrangling, but a new Federal-Aid Highway Act passed in June 1956. The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. It also allocated $26 billion to pay for them.