Louis H. Bean (April 15, 1896 – August 5, 1994) was an American economic and political analyst. Born in Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, Bean migrated to the United States in 1906 with his family. In 1923, he became a member of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, working on estimates of farm income and price indices. Bean's charts were used in Congress in discussions about the McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill. He was closely associated with Vice President Henry A. Wallace. Bean wrote for The Review of Economics and Statistics. During the late 1930s, Bean developed an interest in political analysis. After his successful near- unique prediction of Harry S. Truman's victory in the 1948 presidential election, Life called him the "Lone Prophet" of Truman's victory. Bean wrote many books, notably Ballot Behavior and How to Predict Elections. He continued making electoral analyses and projections in the 1950s and 1960s, most of which were accurate.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1923:
Ten Japanese-American children were killed in a racially motivated arson attack on a school in Sacramento, California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Sh%C5%8Dgakk%C5%8D_fire
1936:
Two Jews were killed near Tulkarm in Mandatory Palestine, an act widely viewed as the beginning of violence within the Arab revolt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Tulkarm_shooting
1989:
The Hillsborough disaster, a human crush that caused 97 deaths in the worst disaster in British sporting history, occurred during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster
2019:
A fire severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying the cathedral's timber spire and much of the roof. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_fire
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
furlong: 1. A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing. 2. (dated) 3. A unit of land area one furlong (sense 1) square (ten acres, or about four hectares). 4. (Britain, dialectal) An undefined portion of an unenclosed field. 5. (historical) Synonym of stadion (“a Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres”) 6. (obsolete except Britain, dialectal, agriculture) 7. Synonym of headland (“unploughed boundary of a field”) 8. Synonym of land (“the ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing”) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/furlong
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so conduct yourself in youth that your old age will not lack for nourishment. --Leonardo da Vinci https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci