Grocery stores now carry about 4,000 different items, up from about 870 in 1928.

There were 37,794 motor vehicle related deaths.

There were 5 airplane accidents resulting in 140 fatalities.

Unemployment is 3.1%

In the News

Richard Nixon's "Checkers" speech is successful. Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President and Nixon, Vice-President.

"We did get something, a gift, after the election... It was a little cocker spaniel... our little girl, Tricia, the six-year-old, named it Checkers... I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it." (Los Angeles, California, September 23, 1952)speech.

President Truman seizes U.S. steel mills to avert an industry-wide strike for higher wages. The President asserts that the industry is vital to the defense of the U.S., but the Supreme Court rules the seizure unconstitutional. The strike is settled after 54 days in talks at the White House.

The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the decision barringsegrrgation on interstate railways.

King George VI of Britain (1936-1952) was found dead in bed by a servant delivering the morning tea. Elizabeth becomes queen.

In Other News

The University of Tennessee admits its first black student.

Ronald Reagan and actress Nancy Davis were married in San Fernando Valley, California. It was Reagan's second marriage.

George Jorgensen/Christine Jorgensen, the first person to go public after a sex change operation.

Puerto Rico becomes a Commonwealth under U.S. jurisdiction.

Albert Schwietzer wins the Nobel Peace Prize.