Today in History: August 14, FDR signs Social Security Act

Today is Friday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2026. There are 139 days left in the year.Today in history:On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, ensuring income for elderly Americans and creating a federal unemployment insurance program.Also on this date:In 1936, in front of an estimated 20,000 spectators, Rainey Bethea was hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky, in the last public execution in the United States.In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter, which detailed the postwar goals of the two nations.In 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Imperial Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II.In 1947, Pakistan gained independence from British rule.In 1