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.
Eventually the bill passed both houses, and on August 15, 1935, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created a uniquely American solution to the problem of old-age pensions.