OT - Weird History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 
Vioxx Withdrawn from Market Because of Cardiovascular Concerns (2004)
Merck's COX-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx (rofecoxib) was approved for use in the US in 1999 and remained on the market for just five years before being pulled due to concerns that it could raise the risk of heart attack and stroke. By that time, some 80 million people worldwide had taken the drug, primarily to treat osteoarthritis, acute pain, and dysmenorrhea. Before long, the drugmaker found itself facing thousands of lawsuits.

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Oreo cookies are older than the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) officially introduced and sold the first Oreo cookie in March 1912, a month before the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912.

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ARTICLE OF THE DAY: 


The Indian Mutiny of 1857
In 1857, Indian troops, or sepoys, in the service of the British East India Company revolted after being issued new rifle cartridges thought to have been lubricated with a combination of cow and pig fat, rendering them religiously impure to both Hindus and Muslims. Though the mutiny began among the sepoys, it grew into a widespread uprising against British rule in India. Delhi was even seized by the rebels before they were ultimately defeated.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction Company Is Founded (1847)
Siemens AG is Europe's largest engineering conglomerate. It was originally founded to build telegraph installations, but under Werner Siemens and his three brothers, it expanded to produce cables, telephones, electric power, and electric lighting. The company built the first long-distance telegraph line in Europe, followed by the monumental Indo-European telegraph line that stretched from Calcutta, India, to London, England.

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On October 1, 1968, George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead premiered at Pittsburgh’s Fulton Theater, changing horror cinema forever.

Its stark black-and-white images, relentless dread, and ordinary people facing an impossible nightmare helped define the modern zombie film. Beneath the terror, it exposed something equally disturbing: how quickly fear can turn people against one another.

Fifty-eight years later, the dead are still walking—and this classic still gets under our skin. What better way to welcome October?

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

The Night of Tlatelolco (1968)
Just 10 days before Mexico City hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics, government forces opened fire on student and civilian protesters gathered in a plaza in the Tlatelolco section of the city. The official government explanation was that students provoked the army's violence by firing at them from the buildings surrounding the plaza and that only four people had been killed. Investigations were thwarted until Vicente Fox became president in 2000.

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Jack & Diane" by John Cougar was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 44 years ago, October 2, 1982. It was the first of four straight weeks at #1.

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 Born on this Date
1890 Groucho Marx
"I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member"
"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury."

1897 Bud Abbott of Abbott & Costello
1942 Steve Sabol NFL Films
1945 Don McLean, American singer and songwriter "American Pie"
1951 Sting, The Police