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🎂Sep 29, 1829 Michael George Mulhall born in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

1884: 🥇1st? use of a pictogram, to represent data by icons proportional to a number
The train one is accurate; the wheel one commits the area illusion, using diameter to represent the number

🚔 On September 29, 1829, the first officers of London’s Metropolitan Police took to the streets.
The new force associated with Sir Robert Peel would become one of the most influential models in the history of modern policing.
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📅 September 29, 1829 — The Founding of London's Metropolitan Police

A man named Sir Robert Peel said,
"London's crime wave must finally be felled!"
He launched the police,
To bring order and peace,
And "Bobbies" became what they're called on the beat!

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Today in History - 1916: John D. Rockefeller was announced as the world's first billionaire due to his ownership of Standard Oil. His net worth equaled 2% of the nation's GDP that day. #TodayInHistory

29 Sep 1780
British spymaster Major John André sentenced to hang.
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Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 29

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ON THIS DAY — September 29
Celebrate: National Coffee Day
In History: 1988 — Space Shuttle Discovery returns to flight.
Good to Know: World Heart Day.
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Today in history: On September 29, 1829, London’s Metropolitan Police,world's first modern police force, were founded.
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ON THIS DAY — September 28
Celebrate: Good Neighbor Day
In History: 1781 — The Yorktown siege begins.
Good to Know: World Rabies Day — check that pets’ vaccinations are current.
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🧫 On this day in 1928, Alexander Fleming made the observation that would lead to the discovery of penicillin.
🔬 It helped open the antibiotic era and transformed modern medicine.
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Today in History - 2022: Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa as a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds, bringing catastrophic storm surge and flooding to Florida. Ian remains Florida's costliest hurricane, with more than $109 billion in damage statewide. #TodayInHistory

28 Sep 1778
In the Baylor Massacre in River Vale NJ, American regiment slaughtered & captured by Col. Maitland.
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Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 28

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