October’s Top 20 Moments
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October’s Top 20 Moments

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 3, 202632 min
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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into books, stories, people, science, and history. My name is Kevin O'Keefe, so today, OK, let's learn all about the top 20 moments in October. This is the 10th in this series of episodes learning about all those

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amazing moments that happened, that have happened, throughout our history in each month. This is October's version and yes when you think of October, at least here in New England, Northeastern United States, what do you think of? You immediately think of the nights getting colder, the days getting chillier, right?

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You think of Halloween, you think of terms of top like history moments, October? You know, at least from my way of thinking, so much of what I did in my earlier career was in financial services insurance. And you know, that was a big deal, 1987, which again, we'll get into. I don't want to give everything away here.

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