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    • Jan 30, 1882
    Franklin D. Roosevelt is born in Hyde Park, New York. A purported fan of country music, the 32nd president is referenced in Alabama's 1989 hit "Song Of The South"
    Mar 4, 1933
    Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated in Washington, D.C., for the first of his four terms as president, in which he becomes the first to welcome a country artist to the White House. He's referenced in Alabama's 1989 hit "Song Of The South"
    May 18, 1933
    "Daddy got a job with the TVA...": President Franklin Roosevelt signs a bill that creates the Tennessee Valley Authority, influencing the lyrics of the 1989 Alabama hit "Song Of The South"
    Aug 14, 1935

    President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act at the White House in Washington, D.C. Merle Haggard will rail against it--"Keep your retirement and your so-called Social Security"--in his 1981 recording "Big City"

    Jun 8, 1939
    The Coon Creek Girls become the first country act to perform at the White House, when Franklin D. Roosevelt hosts England's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
    Apr 12, 1945
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a stroke in Warm Springs, Georgia. After guiding the government through the Depression, he's remembered in the 1989 Alabama hit "Song Of The South"
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