Today in History
January 30, 1882
Birth of a Leader
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born in Hyde Park, N.Y. He would grow up to become the only president elected to office four times and lead the country through two of the 20th century's greatest crises: the Great Depression and World War II.
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