Franklin Roosevelt’s Famous “Four Freedoms” Speech
Three years after this speech, on January 11 of 1944, FDR gave his State of the Union address, where he expanded on what he saw …
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Lord Montagu Norman: “When, through process of law, the common people lose their homes, they will become more docile and more easily governed…”
The following quotation was reprinted in the Idaho Leader, USA, on 26th August 1924, and has been read into the Australian Federal Hansard twice: by …
Mayor of Oakland Arrested in Sacramento for Failing to Wear a Mask During Spanish Flu
(via Smithsonian Magazine) Starting in 1918, as the Bay Area suffered through the flu pandemic, Californians crafted masks of gauze, an open-weave fabric perhaps hard-pressed …
The Panic of 1893: Boosting Bankers’ Money and Power
The “opportunity,” referred to later by historians as the Panic of 1893, had its roots in Argentina. In the early 1890s, British investors became enamored …
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is Signed into Law
Today, employment with the United States government is much like employment in the private sector. However, this has not always been the case. Until 1883, …