A look back at national, state and local history from this week in years past.
Aug. 14, 1935 - FDR signed the Social Security Act into Law Aug. 13, 1961 - The Berlin Wall was built by the communist government of East Germany (the German Democratic Republic) and was originally constructed using barbed wire and cinder blocks. The wall was meant to keep East Germans from fleeing. During a massive ‘bra…