ANOTHER DAY IN HISTORY OCTOBER 4, WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER?

The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.
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By Oscar Wilde

The mind is a powerful thing. It can take you through walls.
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By Denis Avey

History as well as life itself is complicated — neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.

By Jared Diamond

2012
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Michael Schumacher retires. It is a legend of Formula One racing.

2006
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Wikileaks is launched, created by internet activist Julian Assange.

1999
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Faith Hill releases BREATHE. Billboad of the Year.

1992
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Miami Dolphin Louis Oliver returns record tying interception 103 yards.

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1985
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Free Software foundation is founded in Massachusetts, USA.

1962
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USAF Maj Robert A. Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m

1960
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Courier 1B launched; first active repeater satellite in orbit.

1936
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Italian LIRE devalues.

Record of 66,669 at Yankee Stadium for 4th game of World Series.

1933
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Esquire magazine is first published.

1931
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Dick tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts.

1926
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DAHLIA is officially designated as San Francisco city flower.

1911
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First escalator installed on the London Underground at Earl's Court Station

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1675
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Dutch mathematician Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch.

1582
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Last Julian calendar day in Spain, Portugal and pontifical states.

1537
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The first complete ENGLISH-LANGUAGUE BIBLE (Matthew BIBLE) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.

What a bless way to complete another day in history.

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