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* '''Support as nominator''' – [[User:APK|<b><span style="color: #000080;">'''APK'''</span></b>]] [[User talk:APK|<span style="color: #99BADD;">'''whisper in my ear'''</span>]] 04:16, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
* '''Support as nominator''' – [[User:APK|<b><span style="color: #000080;">'''APK'''</span></b>]] [[User talk:APK|<span style="color: #99BADD;">'''whisper in my ear'''</span>]] 04:16, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
*'''Support''' We had the same thought. Couldn't believe this wasn't already featured. [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] ([[User talk:TomStar81|Talk]]) 09:23, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
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Revision as of 09:23, 3 November 2023

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Original – On November 4, 1948, President Harry S. Truman holds a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." Despite his expected loss to Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 United States presidential election, Truman won, and the Tribune had already printed their headline anticipating Truman would lose.
Reason
High EV and a well-known American political photograph that is currently on the Main Page's On This Day section
Articles in which this image appears
Dewey Defeats Truman, 1948 United States presidential election, Harry S. Truman, Thomas E. Dewey, Chicago Tribune, Misinformation
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Byron H. Rollins for the Chicago Daily Tribune