This Day…

1932 – Amidst the Great Depression, Democrat candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States, defeating Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover

1906 – Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY Governor beating William Randolph Hearst

1917 – 1st class US mail now costs 3 cents per ounce

1921 – Eugene O’Neill’s play “Anna Christie” premieres in NYC

1866 – Jesse James‘ gang robs bank in Lexington, Missouri ($2000)

1914 – American physician and medical researcher Jonas Salk, who developed the first safe and effective vaccine for polio, was born.

1929 – “Black Thursday”, start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%

1931 – Gangster Al Capone is convicted on five of the 23 counts of tax evasion against him, later fined $50,000 and sentenced to 11 years in jail

1903 – 1st Baseball World Series: Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0 in Game 8 at Huntington Avenue for a 5-3 series victory

1906 – White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game