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.”

The President’s National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders—known as the Kerner Commission—released
its report, condemning racism as the primary cause of
the recent surge of riots. Headed by Governor Otto
Kerner of Illinois, the 11-member commission was
appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in July
1967 to uncover the causes of urban riots and
recommend solutions.

Otto Kerner Jr. (August 15, 1908 – May 9, 1976)

The Kerner Commission with President Lyndon B. Johnson
seated center.

CARLATA BRADLEY

 
ROSS SIMPSON

On February 12, 1999, the five-week impeachment trial of Bill
Clinton came to an end, with the Senate voting to acquit the
president on both articles of impeachment: perjury and
obstruction of justice.