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FUTURE PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)
(Photo of Roosevelt taken a day before his death)

On January 30, 1882, future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
was born.

Roosevelt grew up the only child in an upper middle-class family
in Hyde Park, New York. He graduated from Harvard in 1904 and
later received a degree from Columbia Law School. His early
involvement in politics included a seat in the New York State
Senate and the role of Woodrow Wilson’s assistant secretary
of the Navy during
World War I.

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Address to Congress, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 8, 1941, 12:30 pm EST
Address to Congress by Franklin D. Roosevelt December
8, 1941.

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“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will 
live in infamy—the United States of America was
suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and
air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

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THEY ASKED…WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?

The Lone Ranger, Brace Beemer and the cast in wxyz studios, Detroit, first played by George ...

With the stirring notes of the William Tell Overture and a shout of
“Hi-yo, Silver! Away!” The Lone Ranger debuted on Detroit’s radio
station WXYZ January 30, 1933 and went on for 2,956 episodes.

The creation of station-owner George Trendle and writer Fran
Striker, the “masked rider of the plains” became one of the most
popular and enduring western heroes of the 20th century. Joined
by his trusty steed, Silver, and Native American scout, Tonto, the
Lone Ranger battled western outlaws and Native Americans.

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Francis Hamilton " Fran " Striker
(August 19, 1903 – September 4, 1962)        
        

        
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 Brace Beemer  
Brace Beemer[ (December 9, 1902 – March 1, 1965)

Brace Beemer became the third radio voice of the Lone
Ranger on April 18, 1941, after the death of
Earle Graser 
and remained so until the series’ last new episode on
September 3, 1954. During the 13 years that Beemer
played the title character, he was required by contract
to restrict his radio acting to that one role until the
program left the air.
    
    
    
    
    
    
   
Original Radio Broadcast - The Lone Ranger

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