March 4

On this day, March 4, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated during the devs of the

Great Depression. In his first inaugural address, he sought to calm a fearful nation with the

words, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Also on this day, in 1789, the United States

Constitution officially went into effect. Also on this day, in 1933, Congress proposed the 21st

Amendment, beginning the repeal of prohibition.