Franklin D. Roosevelt took the oath as president of the United States on 4 March 1933 at the lowest point of the Great Depression, when a quarter of workers were unemployed and thousands of banks had failed, and said that 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself'. In his first hundred days, Congress passed laws to close and reopen the banks, to insure bank deposits with the FDIC, to create jobs through the Civilian Conservation Corps, and to regulate the stock market. The Social Security Act followed in August 1935. The New Deal expanded the role of the federal government in the economy.
Before and after
- 18 February 1933Birth of Yoko Ono
- 21 February 1933Birth of Nina Simone
- 27 February 1933Reichstag fire
- 4 March 1933First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 4 March 1933Roosevelt's New Deal begins
- 14 March 1933Birth of Michael Caine
- 15 March 1933Birth of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- from 15 March 1933 to 23 May 1945Nazi Germany
- 22 March 1933Construction of Dachau concentration camp
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- 1937Nanjing Massacre
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- 15 May 1940Founding of McDonald's
- 1941Rise of Vietnamese Independence League
The era
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