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On this day September 29 - October 5, 2019 (week 40)
September 29, 2019 - October 5, 2019 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), the world’s largest particle physics lab, he Berlin Airlift, Chairman Mao Zedong of China, the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Japanese businessman Akio Morita, co-founder of Sony, Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, and Monty Python’s Flying Circus
September 29, 1954: CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), the world’s largest particle physics lab, and where Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web, was founded
September 30, 1949: The Berlin Airlift, in which U.S. and British planes countered a Soviet , blockade by delivering over two million tons of supplies to Berlin, ended after 277,264 flights
October 1, 1949: The People’s Republic of China was formally established, with Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Communist Party and Zhou Enlai heading the government
October 2, 2018: Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, was murdered inside the country’s consulate in Istanbul
October 3, 1999: Japanese businessman Akio Morita, co-founder of Sony, died at 78. He is pictured with a Walkman, the first portable music player, that changed global listening habits
October 4, 1669: Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, renowned for his masterly combination of delicacy and power in portraits, religious works and landscapes, died at age 63
October 5, 1969: Monty Python’s Flying Circus, a TV show that achieved cult status worldwide, premiered in Britain. Spin-off films included Monty Python and the Holy Grail