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A frame captured from any episode (or movie, or promotional animation) of The Simpsons encapsulates something of significance related to today's date.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social · 9h

~ October 13 ~
1775: The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy to fight in the American Revolution, after which it becomes the United States Navy.

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~ October 12 ~
1931: The statue Christ the Redeemer / Cristo Redentor is completed, standing 30 meters tall on top of Mount Corcovado, overlooking Rio de Janeiro.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social · 2d

That does sound like typical Facebook. However, I also posted it there and... so far so good. However I have been zucced for quoting The Simpsons before on two non-consecutive occasions - both quotes were about burning inanimate objects.

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~ October 11 ~
1963: The Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" airs.

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An unfortunate inbetween

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~ October 10 ~
National Handbag day!

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~ October 9 ~
1855: American inventor Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine motor.

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Ok. Yeah. This is the right one. Apologies for the wrong date and the wrong image. lol

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~ October 8 ~
1871: The Great Chicago Fire starts.

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~ October 7 ~
Inner Beauty Day!

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~ October 6 ~
1961: President John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters.

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~ October 5 ~
1947: US President Harry S. Truman gives the first televised White House address.

The subject of this speech was food conservation, in particular asking his fellow Americans to go easy on the grain as a way to help out famine-stricken Europe.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social · 9d

Here's the first strip.

(The tinfoil millinery community will be interested to see that this comic strip, from 1931, appears to be the originator of "Let's go Brandon". Time travel confirmed. Bigfoot is Elvis. No Homers Society confirmed.)

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~ October 4 ~
1931: "Dick Tracy" debuts.

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~ October 3 ~
382: Roman Emperor Theodosius the Great concludes a peace treaty with the Goths.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social · 11d

~ October 2 ~
1959: "The Twilight Zone" premieres.

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~ October 1 ~
1962: Johnny Carson hosts his first "The Tonight Show".

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~ September 30 ~
1960: "The Flintstones" premieres.

(However, the intro didn't have its iconic theme song "Meet the Flintstones" until partway through its third season. Originally it was an instrumental underscore called "Rise and Shine", which accompanied Fred driving home and turning on his TV.)

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~ September 29 ~
1829: The first constables of the newly-founded London Metropolitan Police take to the streets of London.

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~ September 28 ~
World Rabies Day!

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social · 16d

I gotta say, Einstein really was ahead of his time with that clickbait title.

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~ September 27 ~
1905: Albert Einstein’s paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" is published, introducing the equation E=mc².

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~ September 26 ~
1964: "Gilligan’s Island" premieres.

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~ September 25 ~
1997: The episode "Ambush" of the TV series "ER" is performed & broadcast live.

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~ September 24 ~
2007: Alleged sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" premieres.

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