Late President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first fireside chat on this day in 1933 to an audience of approximately 60 million, setting the standard for a leader's obligation to explain himself.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1933 presidential inauguration comes ... Franklin Roosevelt gives his first "fireside chat" to the American people. In 14 and a half minutes he calms the public ...

On March 12, 1933, eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address ...