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1993:With President Bill Clinton looking on, Janet Reno is sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Byron White as the first female U.S. attorney general. The attorney general’s niece, also named Janet Reno, holds the Bible during the ceremony at the White House.
1930: Mohandas K. Gandhi leaves Sabarmati, India, with 78 followers on a 240-mile march to the coastal town of Dandi in order to protest the British imposition of a tax on salt. By the time he reaches the sea, tens of thousands of people will have joined the civil disobedience leader in his attempt to retrieve salt from the Arabian Sea, in violation of the British monopoly.
1933: At the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks directly to the American public through an informal radio address, explaining his decision to declare a banking holiday to stabilize the nation’s financial institutions. Roosevelt will deliver 30 “fireside chats” during his 12 years as president.
1930: Mohandas K. Gandhi leaves Sabarmati, India, with 78 followers on a 240-mile march to the coastal town of Dandi in order to protest the British imposition of a tax on salt. By the time he reaches the sea, tens of thousands of people will have joined the civil disobedience leader in his attempt to retrieve salt from the Arabian Sea, in violation of the British monopoly.
1933: At the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks directly to the American public through an informal radio address, explaining his decision to declare a banking holiday to stabilize the nation’s financial institutions. Roosevelt will deliver 30 “fireside chats” during his 12 years as president.
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