- 1894] Number One with a bullet: Billboard Advertising in published for the first time (11/1). The trade publication will later be known as Billboard Magazine...
- 1926] The final disappearing act: Harry Houdini dies from complications of a ruptured appendix at 52 (10/31) on Halloween, no less...
- 1941] What huge busts: Okay get your mind off the female anatomy. Mount Rushmore is declared completed after 14 years of work. 60-foot busts of Washington, Jefferson, (Theodore) Roosevelt and Lincoln are finished and the landmark would soon open to the public (10/31)...
- 1946] Premiered on this date: WEAF changes call letters to WNBC (11/1)...
- 1947] "Happy Trails": The legendary thoroughbred "Man O' War" dies at the ripe old age of 30 (11/1)...1979] Former first lady Mamie Eisenhower passes away from natural causes at 82 (11/1)...1988] Distinguished director, producer and actor John Houseman dies from spinal cancer at 86 (10/31)...1988] Debbie Gibson holds a seance at her Halloween party to contact the spirits of Liberace and Sid Vicious but gets Zasu Pitts instead (10/31)...1991] Broadway producer Joseph Papp is the victim of cancer at 70 (10/31)...1993] River Phoenix collapses and dies in Hollywood at 23 (10/31). An autopsy reveals that he overdosed on heroin and cocaine...1993] Movie director Federico Fellini dies following a heart attack at 73 (10/31)...1999] Football Hall of Famer Walter Payton is a victim of cancer at 45 (11/1)...
- 1948] Chicago Tribune street cred is questioned: The front page of the Chicago Tribune screamed 'DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN'. Too bad it was the other way. Truman defeated Dewey (11/2)...
- 1959] The birth of payola: "Twenty-One" contestant Charles Van Doren tells a House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight that he was given questions and answers in advance of his appearances. The committee starts radio investigations as part of their probe. Uh-oh (11/2)...
- 1964] SOLD: CBS Inc. purchases 80% of the New York Yankees for $11 million (11/2). They buy the remaining shares eventually. CBS actually loses money when they sell the team to the George Steinbrenner-led Cleveland group 9 years later...
- 1970] Wedding Bells: Michelle Phillips and actor Dennis Hopper get married (10/31). The marriage ends in divorce 8 days later when Michelle discovers Dennis's sneaker smelling fetish...1988] Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis walk down the aisle (11/1). Two years later it's over...
- 1976] From peanuts to president: Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter defeats Republican incumbent Gerald R. Ford (11/2) to become the first president from the deep south since the Civil War. Texas is in the southwest so LBJ doesn't qualify...
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