A viral disease of the central nervous
system, polio erupted in more-or-
less epidemic proportions every
summer.
-Statue from France Unveiled in New York
The statue had been proposed by French historian Edouard de Laboulaye to celebrate the
abolition of slavery in the United States.
-Lord Exmouth Frees
Slaves in North Africa
Exmouth ordered his fleet to prepare
to bombard the city’s fortifications.