In This Day In History video clip - May 1, 1931: Empire State Building dedicated - At the White House in Washington, D.C., President Herbert Hoover pushes a button that turns on the lights of New York City's Empire State Building, officially opening the tallest building erected to that date.
1 Sweet potatoes have a lot of nutrients, which are good for you body, such as vitamin B6, potassium, and iron which your body needs to help you grow strong.  Sweet potatoes are a good source of dietary fiber which helps to promote a healthy digestive tract.
Carbohydrate. A baked, skin-on 8-ounce sweet potato offers 45 grams of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates break down into simple sugars, which your body uses as its preferred source of fuel. Consuming adequate carbs allows your body to preserve your dietary protein for other uses, rather than using protein for fuel. Each sweet potato also supplies 7.5 grams of fiber, with 25 percent of the fiber located in the skin. The Institute recommends that women consume 25 grams of fiber daily in order to improve your digestive health and lower your risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease and colon cancer.