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        Interesting Facts





          October 1, 1908                      October 3, 1863                      October 5, 1947

          Henry Ford’s Model T                 President Abraham Lincoln            Harry S. Truman made the
          (known as Tin Lizzie) went           issued a proclamation                first presidential telecast
          on sale for the first time.          designating the last                 address from the White
          In 1914, Ford said, “Any             Thursday in November as              House.
          customer can have a car              Thanksgiving Day.
          painted any color as long
          as it’s black.” During the                                                October 8, 1890
          first years of production,           October 6, 1927
          the car was not available                                                 Pilot Ace Eddie
          in black. The colors were            In New York, The Jazz                Rickenbacker, who
          touring cars (green or               Singer starring Al Jolson            commanded the first U.S.
          red), town cars (green or            was the first “talkie” and           aero unit to fly in World
          gray), coupes (green), and           full-length feature film.            War I, was born. He later
          Landaulets (green). In 1912,                                              was involved in auto
          all cars were midnight blue                                               racing and became the
          with black fenders.                  The last week of October             head of Eastern Air Lines
                                               is the only time in the              from 1934 to 1963.
                                               entire year when all
          October 19, 1983                     four major sports are
                                               participating in games               October 27, 1904
          The Senate designated                (NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB).
          Martin Luther King’s                                                      The first underground
                                                                                    line of the New York City
          birthday as a national
                                                                                    Subway opened. The
          holiday.                             October 28, 1886
                                                                                    busiest subway system in
                                               The Statue of Liberty was            the U.S. is in Times Square
        The following quote appears
                                               dedicated on Bedloe’s                with 1.7 million riders each
        at the base of the Statue of
                                               Island. This statue was              year.
        Liberty:
                                               a gift from France
        “Give me your tired, your poor,        commemorating the
        Your huddled masses yearning           French-American alliance
                                               during the American
        to breathe free, The wretched          Revolutionary War.
        refuse of your teeming shore.          The statue is visible to
        Send these, the homeless,              everyone when entering

        tempest-tossed to me, I lift my        the New York Harbor.
                                               The island was renamed
        lamp beside the golden door!”
                                               Liberty Island in 1956.

        Emma Lazarus


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