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Good morning! It’s Tuesday, October 27. Today, we're diving into the vision of the Cross, Pinckney's Treaty, the NYC Subway, barbed wire, nylon, Black Saturday in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the financial "Big Bang," and much more!
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🚀 Time Machine
-312
Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have had a vision of the Cross.
-1795
Spain and the US signed Pinckney's Treaty, which established the US's southern boundary and gave Americans access to the Mississippi River.
-1873
Joseph Glidden patented barbed wire, forever changing the American West.
-1904
New York City subway opened and soon became the largest American system.
-1938
DuPont announced its new synthetic polyamide fiber, which it called "nylon."
-1955
"Rebel Without a Cause," directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Dean and Natalie Wood, was released.
-1962
Black Saturday in the Cuban Missile Crisis: An American spy plane was shot down over Cuba, and Navy depth charges were dropped on Soviet submarines.
-1982
China announces that its population has exceeded 1 billion.
-1986
The British government deregulated financial markets in a "Big Bang," boosting London's status as a financial center but also increasing income inequality.
-1994
U.S. prison population has topped one million for the first time in history.
-2004
Boston Red Sox won the World Series for the first time since 1918, ending the "Curse of the Bambino" after 86 years.
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🗨️ Last Words
“You need not be anxious concerning tonight. It will be very peaceful and quiet with me.”