Time Capsule: October 27th, 10/27/2008, 12:30 am

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Time Capsule: October 27th

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Monday October 27, 2008 Time:

12:30 am - 12:30 am

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This event repeats every year.

Notes:

On this day in1904, the world's first subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opened in NYC. Subway/bus fare was set at one nickel. 1920, the League of Nations moved its headquarters in Geneva.1925, water skis were patented by Fred Waller.1938, DuPont announced its new synthetic fiber was to be called " nylon. " 1979, the Voluntary Euthanasia Society published a how-to-do-it suicide guide. Noteworthy people born on this day:In 1728: Cook, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands. In 1811: Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (home sewing machine).

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