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28 October 1914. American medical researcher Dr Jonas Salk was born in New York City. He created the 1st approved polio vaccine in 1955. Polio cases fell from 58,000 per year in 1952 to 6,000 by 1958. Salk’s vaccine was replaced by a new one developed by Albert Sabin in 1962.
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28 October 1886. Statue of Liberty was dedicated in what is now known as Liberty Island in New York City Harbour by US President Grover Cleveland. The 151-foot high statue was a gift from the people of France. It was designated as a national monument in 1924.
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The appointment follows King Charles III’s acceptance of the title of Royal Confrater of the Papal Basilica of St Paul’s Outside the Walls in Rome during his State Visit to the Holy See in October 2025.
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It's #FashionFriday!✨
In this UTV clip from 1964, Maurice Smyth reports on the development of the weaving industry in Cushendall. Maurice interviews John Irvine, one of the weavers brought over from Donegal to train local people in the craft of weaving.
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21 October 1944. Aachen became 1st German city to fall to the Allies in WW2 after US troops occupied the city after a 19-day urban battle. It was the longest city fight of the war for the western Allies.
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21 October 1805. British naval hero Horatio Nelson (aged 47) was killed during the Battle of Trafalgar. He was shot by a French sniper while walking on the quarterdeck of his ship HMS Victory. He was carried below deck to receive medical attention but died 3 hours later.
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21 October 1805. British fleet annihilated Napoleon’s fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. It thwarted Napoleon’s plans to invade Britain thereby guaranteeing Britain’s control of the seas, the basis of its global trading and imperial power.
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21 Oct: St Tuda. 4th bishop of #Lindisfarne (d. 664, plague). Bishop for just 1 year. Raised & consecrated bishop in Ireland. Previous bishops were Irishmen too. But staunch supporter of Roman practices; tonsured in Roman manner & celebrated Easter according to Roman Computus.
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16 October is the feast day of St Hedwig (1174–1243), patron saint of orphans. Her name comes from Old High German words for battle and war, suggesting a female warrior. J. K. Rowling named Harry Potter’s owl after this medieval saint, fittingly, as Harry was himself an orphan.
ALT Collage of two illustrations. Left: Medieval manuscript image of Saint Hedwig of Silesia holding two small figures, from the Hedwig Codex (Lubin, 1353), now in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Right: A detailed 19th-century natural history illustration of a Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) by Magnus von Wright from Svenska Fåglar (Swedish Birds).
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Two American Barn Owls enjoying a pleasant Wednesday night on Manhattan's Upper West Side. 🦉 🧡 🦉
Lovely rendition of The Parting Glass by Aisling Sharkey and Rex Hayes, who play twins on #Tedlasso
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Luminiscence, an immersive 360-degree video mapping, light, and live music experience at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City
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The Transitus is tonight, when St. Francis of Assisi passed from one life to the next.
Giotto, Fresco 20, Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi
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Assisi is getting ready for the 800th Anniversary weekend commemorating the death (or Transitus) of St. Francis of Assisi! I’ll be here through his feast on Sunday, October 4th, celebrating this great man! #Catholic #800Anniversary #CatholicX
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🚨The wait is over. From an extraordinary longlist, just six books remain. Introducing the #BGPrize2026 shortlist, bringing together six remarkable works of #nonfiction and the writers behind them. Congratulations to this year's shortlisted authors and publishers.📚
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The reflecting pool is empty and blocked off. The Kennedy Center is completely boarded up. The East Wing is in ruins, and the White House looks like a tacky, cheap Vegas whorehouse with all the fake gold laminate. The visual decay in D.C. says everything you need to know about the current state of our country.