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Profile America is a daily, 60-second feature that uses interesting vignettes from key events, observances or commemorations for that day to highlight information collected by the Census Bureau.

Note: These features can be heard or downloaded in the mp3 format.

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The following radio features stories are each 60 seconds long. Radio stations may request a cd of these features by calling (301) 763-3011 or writing pio@census.gov.

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Daily Features

Aug 01, 2009: First U.S. Census
Aug 02, 2009: First Newsreel
Aug 03, 2009: Jeff Gordon
Aug 04, 2009: Louis Armstrong
Aug 05, 2009: First Plastic Car
Aug 06, 2009: First Use of the Electric Chair
Aug 07, 2009: Garrison Keillor
Aug 08, 2009: Famous Murders
Aug 09, 2009: Inventors Month
Aug 10, 2009: Smithsonian Founded
Aug 11, 2009: Silver Mine Opens
Aug 12, 2009: Buck Owens
Aug 13, 2009: State Fairs
Aug 14, 2009: Woodstock's 40th
Aug 15, 2009: Julia Child
Aug 16, 2009: Wiley Post/Will Rogers Fly-In
Aug 17, 2009: Baseball Fatality
Aug 18, 2009: Virginia Dare Born
Aug 19, 2009: Cartoonists
Aug 20, 2009: Back to School
Aug 21, 2009: Hawaii Statehood
Aug 22, 2009: Ray Bradbury
Aug 23, 2009: First hotel Elevator
Aug 24, 2009: Safe at Home Week
Aug 25, 2009: Allan Pinkerton
Aug 26, 2009: Electronic Geniuses
Aug 27, 2009: First Oil Well's 150th
Aug 28, 2009: First Radio Commercial
Aug 29, 2009: Hurricane Katrina
Aug 30, 2009: First Meat Inspectors
Aug 31, 2009: UPS Established

Sep 01, 2009: WWII
Sep 02, 2009: Calendar Change
Sep 03, 2009: First Telephone Operator
Sep 04, 2009: Lawn Mower Races
Sep 05, 2009: Huge Michigan Fire
Sep 06, 2009: Shrimp & Petroleum Festival
Sep 07, 2009: Labor Day
Sep 08, 2009: "Star Trek" Premiere
Sep 09, 2009: First Junior High School
Sep 10, 2009: Mushrooms
Sep 11, 2009: America Attacked
Sep 12, 2009: Jesse Owens
Sep 13, 2009: Grandparents Day
Sep 14, 2009: U.S. Hispanic Population
Sep 15, 2009: Newspaper Milestones
Sep 16, 2009: Saving Old Ironsides
Sep 17, 2009: National Air Races
Sep 18, 2009: An Unusual Contest
Sep 19, 2009: National Rice Month
Sep 20, 2009: Deaf Awareness Week
Sep 21, 2009: Major TV Shows Debut
Sep 22, 2009: Fall Begins
Sep 23, 2009: Hydroelectric Power
Sep 24, 2009: Great American Beer Festival
Sep 25, 2009: Fifty Years of Food Stamps
Sep 26, 2009: Johnny Appleseed
Sep 27, 2009: Ellen Ochoa
Sep 28, 2009: Al Capp's 100th
Sep 29, 2009: Dairy Expo
Sep 30, 2009: Babe Ruth

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