On this day: March 4

POSTED: 08:46 AM PDT Mar 11, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Mar 03, 2013 

The U.S. Constitution goes into effect, FDR reassures the nation, John Lennon gets into a popularity contest with Jesus, and Martha Stewart gets out of prison, all on this day.

OTD March 4 - FDR inauguration
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Library of Congress

1933: Vowing to lead the nation out of the Great Depression, newly elected U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his inauguration speech, uttering the famous line "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."

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