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Good morning! It’s Monday, October 26. Today we're talking about the Erie Canal and Pony Express opening, the birth of the Red Cross, The Terminator, beating smallpox, the Patriot Act, the founding of the Football Association, and much more!
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🚀 Time Machine
-1825
The Erie Canal opens, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River.
-1850
Robert McClure sights the fabled Northwest Passage for the first time, from Banks Island to Melville Island.
-1861
Pony Express (Missouri to California) ended after 19 months.
-1863
Geneva hosted an international conference to improve battlefield medical care, leading to the creation of the Red Cross.
-1863
The Football Association was formed in England to standardize soccer and separate it from rugby.
-1977
The last natural case of smallpox was recorded in Somalia's Merca District, making vaccination's eradication of the disease its greatest success.
-1984
"The Terminator," directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, was released in the US.
-1985
Whitney Houston shot to stardom with the #1 single "Saving All My Love For You" on the Billboard Hot 100.
-2001
President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act after the September 11 attacks.
-2015
IOC announces its first Olympic refugee team to raise awareness of forced displacement worldwide.
-2019
US Special Forces raid kills ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.
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