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SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE AMBASSADOR
When President Truman appointed Iowa born Eugenie Moore Anderson
U.S. Ambassador to Denmark on October 28, 1949; she had the distinction
of becoming the first American woman so serve in the position. Later in 1962,
as minister to Bulgaria, she became the first woman to represent the United
States in a country allied with the Soviet Union.
OFFICIAL OPENING ON THIS DAY IN 1904
The first underground line of the New York city subway system and the first rapid-
transit subway in America opened on October 27, 1904, almost 35 years after
the opening of the first elevated line in New York City, which became the IRT
Ninth Avenue Line. The Great Blizzard of 1888 helped demonstrate the
benefits of an underground transportation system.
NEW TO DVD AND BLU-RAY THIS WEEK!
The Jurassic Park Trilogy (Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park,
and Jurassic Park III) one of the biggest movie trilogies of all time is
now available in both 3 Disc Blu-ray and 4 Disc DVD editions.
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