75th anniversary: The Chicago Daily Tribune published the erroneous headline "Dewey Defeats...
History · Anniversaries · Fri, November 3, 2023
1948: The Chicago Daily Tribune published the erroneous headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" (pictured) in its early morning edition shortly after incumbent U.S. president Harry S. Truman officially upset the heavily favored governor of New York Thomas Dewey in the presidential election.
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