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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1048901" data-attributes="member: 38206">On this day, 2 Nov 1948, When Harry S Truman went to bed this day, he was losing the election&nbsp;for president of the&nbsp; United States (to Thomas E. Dewey). Chicago Daily Tribune printers were out on&nbsp; strike and getting the newspaper to readers&nbsp;was no simple task.&nbsp;To make a long story short, the editors had to guess at the outcome of the election and picked/printed&nbsp;the wrong person to win.&nbsp;Upon arising the next morning, Truman learned he had won. On a short train stop in St. Louis, he&nbsp;stepped onto the back&nbsp; platform&nbsp; of the train and was presented with one of the newspapers with&nbsp;the infamous headline, “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN”.&nbsp;It was at that moment that the famous photo of Truman holding up the paper was taken. When asked to comment, Truman said “This is for the books.” <img src="http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p525/yoseft/45_1-zoom.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1048901, member: 38206"] [B]On this day, 2 Nov 1948, When Harry S Truman went to bed this day, he was losing the election for president of the United States (to Thomas E. Dewey). [I]Chicago Daily Tribune[/I] printers were out on strike and getting the newspaper to readers was no simple task. To make a long story short, the editors had to guess at the outcome of the election and picked/printed the wrong person to win. Upon arising the next morning, Truman learned he had won. On a short train stop in St. Louis, he stepped onto the back platform of the train and was presented with one of the newspapers with the infamous headline, “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN”. It was at that moment that the famous photo of Truman holding up the paper was taken. When asked to comment, Truman said “This is for the books.” [IMG]http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p525/yoseft/45_1-zoom.jpg[/IMG][/B] [/QUOTE]

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