Monday, October 5, 2009
This Day in History...
October 7, 1947 - President Harry Truman makes the first-ever televised presidential address from the White House. In his speech he asks Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help the people starving in Europe. At the time of this speech, Europe was still recovering from World War II and many were suffering from famine.
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