A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 4, 1801, Thomas Jefferson became the ...

I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our Nation impels. This is ...

He's hardly the first president to claim he represents the people's will—or God's. But he might be the most brazen.

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

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 3.7% over the past five trading days, its best performance leading up to Inauguration Day since 1933 when Franklin D. Roosevelt took office. The S&P 500 is ...

In A Blueprint for War, Dunn draws a parallel with the famous “Hundred Days” that followed FDR’s inauguration as President in 1933. She looks at the hundred days that followed the President’s ...