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1933: Inauguration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.On this day in 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd U.S. president, and later he led the country out of the Depression and to victory in World War II.More events on this day1837:Chicago was incorporated as a city, with a population of about 4,200. |
1804:Irish convicts rose up in the Castle Hill Rising, Australia's first rebellion. |
1789:The U.S. Constitution went into effect as the governing law of the United States, the date having been established by Congress. |
1681:William Penn secured from King Charles II of England the colonial province of Pennsylvania in North America, hoping to provide a refuge in the New World for Quakers and other persecuted people and to build an ideal Christian commonwealth. |
1678:Italian composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi, who left a decisive mark on the form of the concerto and the style of late Baroque instrumental music, was born. |
1461:King Henry VI of England was deposed by Yorkists and replaced by Edward IV. |
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