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Oct
BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1914
Dr. Jonas Salk, the medical researcher behind the Polio Vaccine. He spent his last year’s searching for a vaccine
against HIV. Dr. Salk died in 1995.
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28
Oct
NO SPIRITS IN 1919
Congress, on this date in 1919, passed the Volstead Act, also known as The Prohibition Amendment. This was over the veto of President Woodrow Wilson.
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