Trivia Of The Day November 12

The film director Stanley Kubrick financed his early movies by playing illegal chess for money in New York parks.

The Sears Tower, an 108-story, 1,451-foot skyscraper in Chicago was completed in 1973. It surpassed the World Trade Center towers in New York to become the tallest building in the world, a title it held for nearly 25 years. The Sears Tower contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles.

Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), Chicago.

Margaret Evans became the first mother to give birth on an aircraft flight in 1929. She named the baby Airlene.

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