The first widescreen movie, The Robe, debuted in NYC on 16 September 1953.
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The first widescreen movie, The Robe, debuted in NYC on 16 September 1953.
President Teddy Roosevelt helped facilitate a coup before beginning the most expensive public works project in our then-short history.
In San Francisco, President Truman opened the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.