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October 6, 2024 - October 12, 2024 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week. This week features the Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, Hamas' attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, the world-record holder marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum, the Eddystone Lighthouse, Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, Britain’s Jodrell Bank radio telescope and the first use of an “iron lung”.
October 6, 1927: The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, opened in New York. It was the first full-length feature film to include spoken dialogue and is regarded as the first “talkie”
October 7, 2023: Israel declared a state of war after Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched attacks from the Gaza Strip, killing 1,200 Israelis and seizing 250 hostages
October 8, 2023: Kelvin Kiptum shattered the men’s world record at the Chicago Marathon, in a time of 2:00:35. Kiptum died in a car crash in Kenya earlier this year, aged 24
October 9, 1759: The Eddystone Lighthouse, off England’s southwest coast, was completed. Modelled on the shape of an oak tree, it had a major influence on lighthouse design
October 10, 2014: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for demanding education for girls, became the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
October 11, 1957: Britain’s Jodrell Bank radio telescope, then the largest in the world, went into operation, just in time to track Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite
October 12, 1928: The first use of an “iron lung” took place to treat a young patient suffering from polio. The medical ventilator enabled polio sufferers to breathe more normally