The suspenseful 1948 presidential election exposed the consequences of flawed polls, as Truman's astonishing victory upended expectations and forever changed how pollsters make predictions. Untold is ...

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THERE were ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon fill almost two-thirty to get her call ...

Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and, therefore, also half of its potential. Gender equality, besides being a fundamental human right, is essential to achieve peaceful ...

In this period of turbulence and unpredictability, where many feel a growing sense of insecurity, disaffection and alienation, the theme of Human Rights Day is to reaffirm the values of human rights ...

Britain needed more workers to rebuild the country after World War Two. The British Government passed a new law allowing people from the Caribbean to live and work in Britain. Britain used adverts to ...

In 11 October 1949, Costa Rica abolished the army by decision of the Founding Board of the Second Republic through a decree 249. The Political Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica of 1949 is a ...

May 19: Malcolm X is born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, the fourth of Earl and Louise Little's seven children. Earl, a Baptist minister, is a follower of Marcus Garvey's black nationalism and ...

Babe Ruth made a final visit to Yankee Stadium on June 13, 1948, in observance of the ballpark’s twenty-fifth anniversary. To the astonishment of pollsters and pundits alike, Harry Truman defeated ...