Monday morning will mark the 60th anniversary of the infamous – and erroneous – headline to grace the front page of the Chicago Tribune. The first edition of the publication read “Dewey Defeats Truman ...
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Nov. 3, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected ...
It was a “Dewey Defeats Truman” moment. Shortly after the polls closed on primary election night in New York, CNN made a bold prediction. The network’s exit polling showed Hillary Clinton and Bernie ...
In this Nov. 4, 1948, file photo, President Harry S. Truman, at Union Station in St. Louis, holds a copy of the Election Day edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune, which erroneously announced "Dewey ...