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.
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
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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