Browsing: October

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 29th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 29, 1390, Paris, France got its first taste of professional witch hunting when the first of two witchcraft trials began in the French capital. On October 29, 1877, former Confederate States of America Army General Nathan Bedford Forrest died, but despite being an early member of the infamous racist organization, the Ku Klux Klan and serving as the first Grand Wizard…

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A Brief History On October 29, 2015, China announced the end of its “one child” policy that had been in effect since 1979, limiting couples to one child in an effort to curb population growth. Digging Deeper Fears of what seemed to be inevitable overpopulation caused China’s leaders to raise the age for marriage and to encourage couples to delay having children, limiting the number of children they had, and spacing out pregnancies.  Finally, the Draconian edict of one child per couple was put into effect, but with many exceptions. In 2015, the policy became a two-child policy, and in…

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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 28th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 28, 1453, the Bohemian city of Prague witnessed the crowing of Ladislaus the Posthumous as King. On October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), that great beacon of freedom welcoming immigrants into New York Harbor, for many, the gateway to a better life in the United States. On October 28, 1919, The…

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A Brief History On October 28, 2001, the indie movie, Donnie Darko, was released.  Although, like most movies, numerous lines are noted as “memorable,” we find only “Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?” asked by Donnie to the large, demonic rabbit to be the best line in the film. Digging Deeper All films have memorable lines, some more than others.  Here are some of our favorites: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!” Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind, 1939. “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” The Captain in Cool Hand Luke, 1967. “A…

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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 27th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper According to Orthodox Christian tradition, on October 27, 312 A.D., the night before the Battle of Milvian Bridge against the Roman Emperor Maxentius, the Emperor Constantine the Great adopted as his motto the Greek phrase “ἐν τούτῳ νίκα” after having a vision of a Christogram in the sky. On October 27, 939, King Æthelstan of England died, the throne then going to…

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