Nearly 100 years ago on March 12, 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt broadcast the first of many “fireside chats,” straight from the White House.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first "fireside chat" on this day in history, March 12, 1933, to reassure and inform a nation reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. This was the ...

This day in US history saw pivotal moments. Coca-Cola bottles first appeared. A Supreme Court justice was impeached. President Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. The Red River Campaign began ...

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