FDR signs Social Security bill, providing pensions to aged, jobless 80 years ago today (Aug 14 1935)

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(Wednesday, August 14, 1935, during the Great Depression) — The Social Security Act, providing a broad program of unemployment insurance and old-age pensions, and counted upon to benefit some 30 million persons, became law today when it was signed today by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the presence of those chiefly responsible for putting it through Congress.

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FDR signs Social Security bill, providing pensions to aged, jobless 80 years ago today (Aug 14 1935)

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