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Mar 12, 1933: FDR Gives First Fireside Chat

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

On this day in 1933, eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address or “fireside chat,” broadcast directly from the White House. Roosevelt began that first address simply: “I want to talk for…

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Mar 4, 1933: FDR Inaugurated

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

On March 4, 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States. In his famous inaugural address, delivered outside the east wing of the U.S. Capitol, Roosevelt outlined…

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Feb 23, 1954: Children Receive First Polio Vaccine

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

On this day in 1954, a group of children from Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, receive the first injections of the new polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk. Though not as devastating as the plague or influenza, poliomyelitis…

Feb 15, 1933: FDR Escapes Assassination in Miami

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

On this day in 1933, a deranged, unemployed brick layer named Giuseppe Zangara shouts Too many people are starving! and fires a gun at America’s president-elect, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt had just delivered a speech in Miami’s Bayfront Park from…

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Jan 1, 1942: United Nations Created

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On this day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue a declaration, signed by representatives of 26 countries, called the “United Nations.” The signatories of the declaration vowed to create an international postwar peacekeeping organization. On…

Dec 26, 1972: Truman Dies

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

On this day in 1972, former President Harry S. Truman dies in Independence, Missouri. Then-President Richard Nixon called Truman a man of “forthrightness and integrity” who had a deep respect for the office he held and for the people he…

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December 8, 1941: The United States Declares War on Japan

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

On this day, as America’s Pacific fleet lay in ruins at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt requests, and receives, a declaration of war against Japan. Leaning heavily on the arm of his son James, a Marine captain, FDR walked haltingly…