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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, and became a key figure in shaping 20th-century America.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was diagnosed with chronic heart disease and lived as a secret paraplegic during his 12 years in office.
Cara Moore Labonic, a reference archives specialist, discusses the challenges of locating personnel records for women who served as cryptographers during World War II.
John Marshall Harlan was the sole dissenting voice in the landmark case Plessy versus Ferguson, which established the principle of separate but equal.
Three circus kings, P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, and John Ringling, competed for control of the American circus in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
More than 9,000 people were employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority within its first year of operation in 1933, providing extensive genealogical records.
By the end of 2020, the world's GDP may be about 7.5% lower than it would have been without the pandemic.
Unions in the United States have declined from representing about a third of the workforce to less than a tenth over the past 50 years.
