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Post by sandipaws on Oct 28, 2020 22:43:33 GMT -5
Who Knew??? National Cat Day on October 29th is the purrfect day to give extra attention to your feline friends.
Cats make excellent companions. They rarely miss you, but when they do, you sure know it. Awareness days such as this one urge pet lovers to adopt from a local shelter. The day also reminds us that neutering and spaying our furry companions helps reduce the abandoned population.
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Post by johnmori on Oct 29, 2020 4:42:45 GMT -5
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October 29, 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
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Post by BillG on Oct 29, 2020 6:15:25 GMT -5
Who knew??? On October 29, 1929, “Black Tuesday” descended upon the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapsed amid panic selling and thousands of investors were wiped out as America’s “Great Depression” began.
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Post by soutxed on Oct 29, 2020 8:35:34 GMT -5
October 29, 1998, John Glenn returned to space at the age of seventy-seven. Thirty-six years earlier, he orbited the Earth and was given a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 29, 2020 22:01:23 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 30, 2020 0:50:51 GMT -5
A "moonbow" is a rainbow that happens at night. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Oct 30, 2020 5:05:26 GMT -5
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October 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
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Post by BillG on Oct 30, 2020 6:29:43 GMT -5
Who knew??? On October 30, 2003, American basketball player LeBron James, who was drafted directly out of high school, made his NBA debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Post by soutxed on Oct 30, 2020 8:32:55 GMT -5
October 30, 1912, Vice President James S.Sherman, running for a second term of office with President William Howard Taft, died six days before Election Day.
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 30, 2020 21:39:27 GMT -5
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On October 31st, Halloween brings out the ghouls, goblins, creatures, and strange folk. But this year they may not come creeping about the neighborhood seeking goodies due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Post by BillG on Oct 31, 2020 0:31:11 GMT -5
Who knew??? On October 31, 1941 the Mt. Rushmore sculpture is completed after Gutzon Borglum and 400 stone masons sculpt the colossal 60-foot carvings of U.S. presidents, The project had started on October 4th, 1927 to represent the first 150 years of American history.
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Post by soutxed on Oct 31, 2020 7:42:14 GMT -5
October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi, the first female prime minister of India, was assassinated by two of her bodyguards. Her death sparked riots in India and New Delhi, where several thousand Sikhs were killed.
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Post by johnmori on Oct 31, 2020 9:51:08 GMT -5
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October 31, 1923 The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 31, 2020 22:21:46 GMT -5
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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday in November at 2:00 AM.
The practice of Daylight saving time (DST) (also known as summer time) advances clocks during the summer months. It causes us to lose an hour for one day. However, the practice allows people to get up earlier in the morning and experience more daylight in the evening. Typically, users of DST adjust clocks forward one hour near the start of spring. Then, they change them back again in the autumn.
The system has received both advocacy and criticism. Setting clocks forward benefits retail business, sports, and other activities exploiting sunlight after working hours. However, the practice causes problems for evening entertainment and other activities tied to the sun or darkness. For example, farming and fireworks shows are both affected.
Although some early proponents of DST aimed to reduce evening use of incandescent lighting (formerly a primary use of electricity, modern heating and cooling), usage patterns differ greatly. Additionally, research about how DST currently affects energy use is limited or contradictory.
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Post by johnmori on Nov 1, 2020 6:58:00 GMT -5
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November 1, 1512 The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
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