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On this day September 29-October 5 (week 40)
September 29, 2024 - October 5, 2024 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week. This week features CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), the 15-month Berlin Airlift, 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter, the link between smoking and lung cancer, the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives to be ousted from office, Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, and the Irish musician and political activist Bob Geldof.
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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 15-month Berlin Airlift, in which U.S. and British planes countered a Soviet blockade by delivering over two million tons of supplies to Berlin, ended
October 1, 1924: Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977-81 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, was born. He is 100 years old today
October 2, 1954: Following a three-year study, British scientists Richard Doll and Austin Hill published a paper confirming the link between smoking and lung cancer
October 3, 2023: Kevin McCarthy became the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives to be ousted from office, following a budget dispute within the Republican Party
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, 1954: Irish musician and political activist Bob Geldof was born. The Boomtown Rats frontman is now best known for his efforts to combat famine relief in Africa