President Harry S. Truman narrowly won re-election over Republican
challenger Thomas E. Dewey. It was widely felt that Truman was going
to lose the election. As a result,the Chicago Tribune’s first edition ran
the incorrect headline.

It was on this date in 1955 when Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons”
began a ten week run on the Billboard charts.The song eventually went 
to the #1 position.