The Chronicle Herald (Metro)

TODAY IN HISTORY:

September 25

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1878: British physician

Dr. Charles Drysdale warns against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times newspaper in one of the earliest public health announceme­nts on the dangers of smoking. 1926: Ford Motor Co. founder Henry Ford announces an eight-hour, five-day work week.

1944: Operation Market Garden ends in Allied failure as the last British and Polish paratroope­rs are evacuated from Oosterbeek, near the town of Arnhem. 2018: Comedian Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to 10 years in jail for a 2004 sexual assault, becoming the first celebrity to be jailed in the #MeToo era.

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