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January 20, 1937

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President's Speech to Outline His Course for Next Four Years; He Is Expected to Expand His Ideas on Judicial Authority and Ask Broad Power to Protect Recovery Achievements--Europe Is Eagerly Awaiting Foreign Views

By Felix Belair Jr

President Roosevelt has told some members of his Cabinet that in his inaugural address tomorrow he will deal specifically and in detail with the principal problems confronting the nation and that they might expect in it a frank discussion of the course he intends to pursue in the next four years.

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Notable Births

Bailey Howell

1937Bailey Howell, American basketball player[†]

Bailey E. Howell is an American former professional basketball player. After playing college basketball at Mississippi State, Howell played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A six-time NBA All-Star and two-time NBA champion, Howell was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997. Known as "Buckshot" because of his lethal ability to score in the paint area, he thrived on second-effort plays close to the basket.

Historical Events

Franklin D. Roosevelt

1937Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.[†]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to America's involvement in World War II.