<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" id="mwAQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> signs the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Act" id="mwAQU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Social Security Act">Social Security Act</a>, creating a government pension system for the retired.<sup about="#mwt167" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"}}' id="cite_ref-31" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_14#cite_note-31" id="mwAQY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 31;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQc">[31]</span></a></sup>
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