On this day in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. Also on this day in 1930, Mohondas Gandhi began his march to the sea, which would break the British monopoly on salt and lead eventually to India's self rule. On this day in 1938, Hitler's Germany annexed Austria, and on this day in 1917, the Russian Army threw its support to the February Revolution, which would bring Lenin to power. By the thirties, of course, Lenin had died, and the Soviet Union was ruled by Stalin, who, when it came to annihilating his own citizens, made Hitler look like a piker. The world is smaller these days, and, world leaders--good, bad and ugly--are pipsqueaks by comparison. (And yes, I'm even talking about you, Mr. Crying Tiger Pinup Putin.)
Basis for nostalgia or not? Hmmm.
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