January 30 in American History
The only president elected four times, FDR led America through its two greatest 20th-century trials — the Great Depression and World War II — from a wheelchair, after polio. His New Deal reshaped the role of government, and his steady radio voice reassured a frightened nation that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
In 1882: Franklin D. Roosevelt is born. The only president elected four times, FDR led America through its two greatest 20th-century trials — the Great Depression and World War II — from a wheelchair, after polio.
The only president elected four times, FDR led America through its two greatest 20th-century trials — the Great Depression and World War II — from a wheelchair, after polio. His New Deal reshaped the role of government, and his steady radio voice reassured a frightened nation that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
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