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The first presidential election with a computer predicting the winner

It was November 1952; the computer calculation conflicted with opinion polls. Guess which was right?

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The Library of Congress opens its doors

Today’s LOC complex boasts three buildings. The first opened its doors on 01 November 1897.

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The most (in)famous radio broadcast

Orson Welles broadcast The War of the Worlds on 30 October 1938. Did it really lead to mass panic? (Nope!)