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August 14, 1846: Henry David Thoreau is jailed for tax resistance.

August 14, 1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law, creating Aid to Dependent Children, unemployment insurance, and pension plans for the elderly.

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April 3, 1948:

President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, allocating more than $5 billion in aid for 16 European countries recovering from World War II.

This Day In History

President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying,

"The world must be made safe for democracy.”

TDIH: The Birth of the Republican Party

Feb. 28, 1854:


About 50 slavery opponents met in Ripon, Wis., to call for creation of a new political group, which became the Republican Party.

This Day In History

Jan. 26, 1998: Denying he had an affair with a White House intern, President Bill Clinton tells reporters: “I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”

Jan. 27, 1998: First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton appears on NBC’s “Today” show and claims that a “vast right-wing conspiracy” is behind the allegations against her husband.