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October 29

Wall Street crashes?"Black Tuesday"?throwing the world's economy into a years-long crisis including an unemployment rate in the U.S. that by 1933 hit nearly 25 percent - 1929

October 29

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October 28

The Gateway Arch, a 630-foot high parabola of stainless steel marking the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis, Mo., is completed after two and one-half years.

October 28

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October 26

After eight years and at least 1,000 worker deaths?mostly Irish immigrants?the 350-mile Erie Canal opens, linking the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.

October 26

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October 25

What many believe to be the first formal training on first aid in American history took place at the Windsor Hotel in Jermyn, Penn., when Dr. Matthew J. Shields instructed 25 coal miners on ways to help their fellow miners.

October 25

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October 24

The 40-hour work week goes into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act, signed by President Roosevelt two years earlier - 1940

October 24