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Today in History — March 4

1933

4 March 1933 U.S.A. Franklin D. Roosevelt

In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt assumed the presidency of the United States during one of the most challenging periods in the nation's history. Roosevelt, often referred to as FDR, took office at the height of…

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1960

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