On March 4, 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the
United States. In his famous inaugural address, delivered outside
the east wing of the U.S. Capitol, Roosevelt outlined his “New
Deal”—an expansion of the federal government as an instrument
of employment opportunity and welfare—and told Americans that
“the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Although it was a
rainy day in Washington, and gusts of rain blew over Roosevelt
as he spoke, he delivered a speech that radiated optimism a
nd competence, and a broad majority of Americans united
behind  their new president and his radical economic proposals
to lead the nation out of the Great Depression.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Shubert Organization’s Cort Theatre on Broadway will be renamed after James Earl Jones, fulfilling a
promise by the theater giant to honor a Black artist in such
a way.

According to a statement by the Shuberts,The James Earl Jones
Theatre renaming is "in recognition of Mr. Jones’ lifetime of
immense contributions to Broadway and the entire artistic
community,"

The Cort Theatre is 110 years old and was built by and named for
John Cort, general manager of the Northwestern Theatrical
Association, who died in 1929. There are 41 Broadway theaters,
four are named for women and now two for Black artists.

President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional act making “The
Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United
States.

Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964)

Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843)

From the March 1911 issue of Pictorial Review.

The Pictorial Review was an American women’s magazine
published from 1899 to 1939.

Based in New York, the Pictorial Review was first published
in September 1899. The magazine was originally designed to
showcase dress patterns of German immigrant William Paul     
Ahnelt’s American Fashion Company..

The U.S. Congress IN 1807 passed an act to “prohibit the importation
of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United
States…from any foreign kingdom, place, or country.”