Monday, November 02, 2009

TODAY IN HISTORY

NOVEMBER 2
1947:Howard Hughes pilots his huge flying boat—the Spruce Goose—for the first and only time.

1959: Charles Van Doren, winner of more than $130,000 on the TV game show Twenty-One, admits to a House committee  that his winning streak was part of a quiz show scandal.

1976: Jimmy Carter becomes the first president elected from the Deep South since the Civil War after defeating President Gerald Ford.

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