WeekInTime Issue 77: All Aboard the Orient Express

The Orient Express embarks on its first official trip in 1883

Oct 09, 2022

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History Bites

This week in time…

🎶 The Jazz Singer premiered, marking the end of the silent movie era
🎥 A bloody riot erupted at the gates of Warner Brothers studio
🦃 George Washington proclaimed a “Thanksgiving Day” on November 26, 1789
📅 Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian Calendar
🚓 Anti-fascists clashed with the London police in 1936

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