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On this day, April 30, 1939, FDR made the first presidential speech ever on TV, opening the New York World's Fair.
FDR makes first Presidential speech ever on TV, today 1939, opening New York World’s Fair on 150th anniversary of George Washington’s inauguration:
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"We offer up a prayer that on the continent of Europe, upon which the American hemisphere was principally colonized, there will be a breakdown of the barriers of intercourse between nations."
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt 🇺🇸 World's Fair speech (1939)
#POTUS
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt 🇺🇸 World's Fair speech (1939)
#POTUS
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There's no way I could leave this one out. This scene still gives me the creeps.
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Tue Apr 30, 2019: FDR makes first Presidential speech ever on TV, today 1939, opening New York World's Fair