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THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY
FIRST MASS TRANSIT DEBUTED ON THIS DAY
On November 14, 1832, New York City’s New York and Harlem
company premiered the nation’s first horse-drawn street car.
The street car made its debut on Bowery and Fourth Avenue in Manhattan, between Prince and 14th Street, it marked New
York’s first-ever mass transit offering. Within two weeks,
passengers were charged 12.5 cents a ride.


HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
The Tonight Show (TV Series 1953–1957)


Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
(December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000)
THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL HELICOPTER RIDE
On July 12, 1957, Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) became the first president to ride in a helicopter.
Although experimental military helicopters had been tested since
1947, it was not until 10 years later that a president considered
using the new machine for short, official trips to and from the
White House. Eisenhower suggested the idea to the Secret
Service, which approved of the new mode of transportation,
seeing it as safer and more efficient than the traditional
limousine motorcade.

The Bell H-13J helicopter pictured on Presidents Day,2018.
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