Charles Evans Hughes
This Day in History: Oct. 13
In 1957, CBS-TV broadcast “The Edsel Show,” a one-hour live special starring Bing Crosby designed to promote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile. (It was the first special to use videotape technology to delay the broadcast to the West Coast.)
1775: The United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.
1792: The cornerstone of the Executive Mansion, later known as the White House, was laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia.
1843: The Jewish organization B'nai B'rith was founded in New York City.
1932: President Herbert...
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