... was the headline of the Chicago Tribune on the morning of
November 3, 1948. The article indicated clearly that
presidential candidate and governor of New York Thomas Dewey had
defeated incumbent Harry S Truman for the position of President
of the United States, but this was in fact not the case. The
paper itself is immortalized in a photograph showing a
victorious Truman holding the paper over his head, beaming at
his surprise victory.  Why did this happen? In 1948, Harry
Truman was losing the presidential race badly. He was very low
in public opinion throughout the spring, and when he rolled into
Bremerton, Iowa, on June 10, 1948, he was extremely frustrated
with the way his campaign was going. Rather than delivering a
sedate speech that he had delivered at other campaign stops,
Truman launched into a very emotional diatribe, finally bringing
one person in the crowd to stand up and shout, "Give 'em hell,
Harry!" This is widely considered to be the turning point in the
election, because from there on out,