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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the historical closure of Ellis Island, Grace Kelly’s transformation from Hollywood star to princess, and an attention-grabbing place name in Newfoundland.
• 📜 On this day in 1954, Ellis Island closed its doors — we examine how ending a central immigration processing hub reshaped migration management, public health data, urban and labor-market impacts, and the institutional infrastructures that supported newcomers.
• 🎂 Today’s birthdays: Grace Kelly (1929), Neil Young (1945), and Ryan Gosling (1980) — with a focus on Grace Kelly’s pivot from leading lady to Princess of Monaco and how that reinvention altered celebrity influence, philanthropy, and international soft power.
• 💡 Fact of the day: There’s a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo — a distinctive toponym that highlights how place names function as memorable cultural assets and can affect local tourism and regional identity.
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