YearrooWhen was the Social Security Act signed?
193520th century · 1900s
The Social Security Act is signed.
The first monthly checks went out in 1940.
1935
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Around the same time
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- When did Prohibition end?1933
- When did Franklin D. Roosevelt launch the New Deal?1933
- When was Monopoly first sold by Parker Brothers?1935
- When was the Hoover Dam completed?1936
- When did Jesse Owens win four gold medals in Berlin?1936
- When did the Golden Gate Bridge open?1937
- When did the Hindenburg airship burst into flames?1937
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