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On this day, 155 years ago, the first #stockticker was unveiled. Here's a 🧵on the stock ticker, the device, invented by #EdwardACalahan, that helps stock markets to function efficiently.
#onthisday #inventions @InventorsHOF 1/n Image
Back in the day, brokers would get to know price movements through pageboys who would run to and fro between the #stockexchange and the offices of brokers. 2/n
Enter Calahan. A school dropout, he was employed as a telegraph operator with #WesternUnion and had a lot of tech-savvy. 3/n
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1/ HOMETOWN HEROES: Ticker-tape parade honors workers, NYers who fought COVID pandemic🍎

NYC's 15-month battle wasn't won without doctors, nurses, MTA workers, conductors, restaurant workers, delivery drivers, teachers, food cashiers—essential workers all
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2/ HOMETOWN HEROES: Mayor de Blasio said "this one is going to have a special spirit to it ... celebrating everyday New Yorkers.”

See our special 'Hometown Heroes' section, honoring 13 NYC #EssentialWorkers 🍎 — nydailynews.com/new-york/homet…

Our Story:
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3/ NYC's delivery cyclists, some 80,000 strong, spent the COVID-19 crisis bringing food to homebound, pedaling groceries, riding to hospitals with meals.

On Wednesday, a group of 20 delivery cyclists will ride through the Canyon of Heroes in the parade.🚴
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