CHRONOLOGY

Fiorello H. LaGuardia (1882-1947)

March 26, 1849: Achille Luigi Carlo LaGuardia, father of Mayor LaGuardia, born in Foggia, Apulia, Part of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies.

July 18, 1859: Irene Cohen, mother of Mayor LaGuardia, born in Trieste, Austria-Hungary.

June 3, 1880 Achille LaGuardia and Irene Cohen married in a civil ceremony in Trieste.

December 11, 1882: Fiorello H. LaGuardia born in New York City.

1901-06: LaGuardia served with Consular Service in Budapest, Trieste and Fiume, Hungary.

1907-10: LaGuardia worked as an interpreter in the U.S. Immigration Service at Ellis Island.

1910: LaGuardia received L.L.B. (law degree) from New York University.

January 1, 1915: As a Republican, LaGuardia appointed Deputy Attorney General of New York State, serving through 1917.

November 7, 1916: LaGuardia elected to Congress from lower Manhattan's 14th Congressional District.

August 15, 1917: LaGuardia commissioned first lieutenant in US. Air Service. Later, he was promoted to captain and major, serving on Italian-Austrian front in World War I.

March 8, 1919: LaGuardia married Thea Almerigotti in New York City; she died of tuberculosis in 1921.

November 1919: LaGuardia elected President of the New York City Board of Aldermen.

November 1922: LaGuardia elected to Congress from upper Manhattan's 20th district, and served five consecutive terms, through December 1932.

March 8, 1932: The United States House of Representatives passed the Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction law which protected the right of unions to strike; it was co-sponsored by Congressman LaGuardia.

February 28, 1929: LaGuardia married Marie Fisher in Washington, D.C. They later adopted two children -- Jean Marie and Eric.

November 1929: LaGuardia defeated by James Walker in New York City mayoral race.

November 7, 1933: LaGuardia elected New York City's 99th mayor.

June 25, 1935: Mayor LaGuardia opened a new baby health station in the Bronx heralding an expansion of health services throughout the city,

December 3, 1935: Mayor LaGuardia presided at opening of First Houses on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the first publicly funded housing project in America

July 11, 1936: Mayor LaGuardia joined other dignitaries at opening of the Triborough bridge, perhaps the best example of LaGuardia's tremendous expansion of the city's infrastructure.

November 3, 1937: LaGuardia re-elected Mayor with largest majority in city's history.

April 30, 1939: LaGuardia addressed opening of the New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadow, Queens.

October 15, 1939: LaGuardia opened New York Municipal Airport #2, the airport in Queens soon became Fiorello H. LaGuardia Field.

November 1, 1939: On behalf of the city, LaGuardia signed a contract to acquire the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, completing the public takeover of the subway system.

May 20, 1941: LaGuardia named director of the Office of Civilian Defense.

November 4, 1941: LaGuardia re-elected as Mayor, becoming the first three-term mayor of Greater New York.

June 18, 1942: LaGuardia inaugurated a series of Sunday afternoon radio programs called "Talks to the People"

March-Dec. 1946: LaGuardia served as Director-General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

September 20, 1947: LaGuardia died at age 64 after a long illness.

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