On March 26, 1953, American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully
tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the
crippling disease of polio.

Today, Swift & Company is an industry leader in fresh ideas,
products and technology with headquarters in Greeley, Colorado.

        
       

Gustavus Franklin Swift, Sr.
(June 24, 1839 – March 29, 1903)      
      
      
     

Stained glass window depicting St. Patrick.

Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ‘the Day
of the Festival of Patrick’), is a religious and cultural
holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of
Saint Patrick (c. 385 – c. 461), the foremost patron saint
of Ireland.