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A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MOMENT - The Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge Opens First to Pedestrians May 27, 1937 San Francisco, California On a typical cold and foggy May morning, an estimated 200,000 people came to celebrate the pedestrian opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. Autos will be allowed to cross at a later date. By 6am, the starting hour of Pedestrians Day, 18,000 people were waiting to cross the span from both the San Francisco and the Marin sides. When the hour struck, foghorns gave great blasts, the toll gates opened and the young and eager, mostly high school students -- ran or walked out onto the bridge. During the day, thousands of people competed to be the first to cross the bridge in some unique manner. Donald Bryan, a sprinter from San Francisco Junior College, was the first person to cross the entire span. People roller-skated, walked on stilts, walked backwards, walked dogs and cats, tap-danced, rode on unicycles, played harmonicas and tubas, all setting first-time records. That evening there was spectacular production, "The Span of Gold", a musical pageant of California history.
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Kennedy vs. Nixon | 1960 | First National Televised Debate (short clip)
John F. Kennedy Defeats Richard Nixon in the First Presidential Debate in 1960
November 9, 1960
In a tumultuous campaign that was highlighted by the first televised presidential debate, John F. Kennedy a wealthy Democratic Senator from Massachusetts narrowly defeated Richard M. Nixon by 118,000 votes to become the thirty fifth president of the United States.
A crucial factor and turning point in this election was the first ever televised presidential debate. Nixon felt poorly, he injured his knee on the way to the studio, and refused television makeup. He expected to win voters with his foreign-policy expertise, but people only saw a sickly man sweating profusely and wearing a gray suit that blended into the scenery. On the other hand his rival, Kennedy, looked great. The television audience gave the win to Kennedy.
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CLASSIC SCENES AROUND AMERICA
The Black Out in New York City - 1965
Wall Street – The Crash of 1929
Nathan’s Hot Dog Stand in Coney Island
Workers head out to play after work
St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City
The Black Out in New York City - 1965
Wall Street – The Crash of 1929
Nathan’s Hot Dog Stand in Coney Island
Workers head out to play after work
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