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Post by soutxed on Oct 12, 2024 8:16:30 GMT -5
October 12, 1960 Nikita Khrushchev's Famous Shoe Pounding Incident. The First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union removed his shoe and pounded it on the table during a UN General Assembly meeting in New York. The incident was thought to be a response to comments about freedoms in Eastern Europe made by the Filipino delegate, Lorenzo Sumulong.
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Post by johnmori on Oct 12, 2024 9:25:06 GMT -5
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October 12, 1901
President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 13, 2024 1:12:56 GMT -5
Stephen Hawking once hosted a party for time travelers but didn’t send the invitations until after the fact. In 2009, renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking decided to throw a party, but none of his guests showed up. However, they weren’t being rude. It turns out that they didn’t receive an invitation for the event until well after the fact—which was the plan... to test time travel.
Hawking explained in 2012 to Ars Technica, “I gave a party for time-travelers, but I didn't send out the invitations until after the party. I sat there a long time, but no one came.”
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Post by johnmori on Oct 13, 2024 11:25:37 GMT -5
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October 13, 1903
The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Oct 13, 2024 12:31:25 GMT -5
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13 October
The cornerstone for the White House, the official office and home of every U.S. president and first lady since 1800 (when John and Abigail Adams moved in near the end of his term), was laid this day in 1792.
2010: Amid great fanfare, Chilean workers are rescued 69 days after their mine collapsed in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
1988: The archbishop of Turin, Italy, announced that carbon-14 dating indicated that the Shroud of Turin dates only to the Middle Ages, though the origins of the shroud remain controversial.
1972: A flight chartered by a Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes Mountains of Argentina, and the wreckage was not located for more than two months; the incident garnered international attention, especially after it was revealed that the survivors had resorted to cannibalism.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 13, 2024 22:46:03 GMT -5
Birth control for men exists. Taking birth control is not just for women. In 2016, scientists announced that they had developed an injectable male contraceptive that was found to be 96 percent effective in the men who used it. Using the hormones progestogen (which affects sperm production) and testosterone (which reduces the effects of the progestogen), the treatment could help equalize the burden of control between the sexes.
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Post by BillG on Oct 14, 2024 6:32:54 GMT -5
Who Knew??? October 14TH is "Columbus Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Oct 14, 2024 7:56:44 GMT -5
October 14, 1930, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's musical "Girl Crazy" starring Ginger Rogers and featuring debut of Ethel Merman, opens at the Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 272 performances.
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Post by johnmori on Oct 14, 2024 9:34:27 GMT -5
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October 14, 1947
Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 14, 2024 18:20:44 GMT -5
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People around the country indulge every October 14 on National Dessert Day!
Celebrated by way of the local bakery, grandma's house or chocolate shop, desserts
include candies, pies, ice cream, fruits, cookies, pastries, cobblers, and donuts, too. 
The available ingredients affect the range of desserts made in each region.
The very first desserts required minimal effort or preparation since ancient cultures
were more focused on the nutrition in foods to survive.
Over the years, desserts have changed from natural candies and nuts to complex soufflés
and multi-layered cakes. In modern culture, there are many more options available in desserts.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 14, 2024 19:39:04 GMT -5
World War I boosted the bra market. During the First World War, the U.S. War Industries Board asked American women to forgo their corsets—which required significant amounts of metal to construct, according to NPR. Instead, they were expected to switch to the less-demanding bra. The ladies did their part for the cause, freeing up to 28,000 tons of metal—enough to build two battleships—and changing female fashion from that moment forward.Who knew?
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Post by BillG on Oct 15, 2024 5:54:22 GMT -5
Who Knew??? October 15TH is "National Grouch Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Oct 15, 2024 7:40:26 GMT -5
October 15, 1969, Millions take to the streets, protesting for peace. With some 40,000 American troops killed in the Vietnam War, millions of people across the US and the world gather in a Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam, a mass demonstration calling for peace and a withdrawal of forces from Southeast Asia. It will be called history's largest peace rally
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Post by johnmori on Oct 15, 2024 9:10:15 GMT -5
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October 15, 1956
FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 15, 2024 19:08:20 GMT -5
Caterpillars turn into soup before becoming butterflies. We all know that caterpillars create a cocoon in which they transform into beautiful butterflies, but what actually goes on inside that cocoon is pretty gross: The insect actually "digests itself, releasing enzymes to dissolve all of its tissues," as Scientific American explains. Once it's fully disintegrated (excluding some "imaginal discs"), it then begins "the rapid cell division required to form the wings, antennae, legs, eyes, genitals, and all the other features of an adult butterfly or moth."
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