Something unprecedented happened in presidential history on today’s date.  It was on this date in 1940, that President FDR was nominated for a third term in office.  I was first introduced to the FDR of history in the beloved children’s film of the 1980’s–Annie!.  Yes, I wanted to be Little Orphan Annie for a while, and I thought that FDR […]

Well, this may have been the real beginning of our continued financial woes.  On this date in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt made the announcement that America would be suspending gold exports to other countries.  In other words, we went off the gold standard.  No longer did our money have to be backed by gold.  It devastated the value of the […]