Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan. On this day in 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan in perhaps the most memorable speech of his career. The speech, in which he called Japanâs act a âdeliberate deception,â received thunderous applause from Congress and, soon after, the United States officially entered the Second...
How much does a pediatrician make? The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says the median hourly wage of a general pediatrician in 2012 was more than $74 an hour, or nearly $155,000 a year. Most pediatricians work in private physician offices and deal with fairly long work days and demanding schedules.
Salaries for pediatricians began at an average of $161,732 and rose to $229,041. Ob-gyns were the highest-paid among primary care providers in the surveys, reporting average salaries ranging from $247,600 to $420,000 per year.