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The 2012 Washington Nationals: Most successful D.C. ball club in since 1933
It has been 79 long seasons, some during which D.C. didn't even have a baseball team, since the District boasted such a winning club. On Thursday, the Nationals became the first Washington team to go 20 games over .500 since 1933. Here's what the world was like then.
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In an attempt to start turning around the Great Depression, FDR established the Tennessee Valley Authority. One of its first projects was the Wilson Dam.