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| October 26 is the 300th day of the year. There are 66 days remaining until the end of the year. |
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| 1492 Lead pencils 1st used on machine-scored standardized tests |
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| 1774 On a par with sufferers of erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculaters call themselves “Minutemen” and now quickly cum to the aid of their country. |
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| 1825 The Erie Canal (which is just a really big ditch) opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie. |
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| 1861 Pony Express ends and the now unemployed wiry boys pair off |
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| 1863 Football Association forms, standardizes rules of soccer; rugby starts as a separate game |
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| 1901 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris |
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| 1919 B. C. Hilliams musical "Buddies" premieres in New York City |
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| 1955 1st edition of "Village Voice" (New York City) is published |
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| 1967 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne. . .and not a minute too soon |
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| 1970 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers |
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| 1977 The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination. |
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| 1978 Out and proud gay lovers Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat are named winners of 1978 Nobel Peace Prize |
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| 1999 Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament. Damned johnny-come-lately spoilsports. |
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| 2001 The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law to root out terrorist- sympathizing librarians |
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| 1942 Bob Hoskins, English actor |
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| 1949 Brodie Greer, maybe gay US actor/CHIPS/now selling real estate |
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| 1953 Keith Strickland, gay US actor/musician/B-52s |
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| 1954 [Donald Warren] D W Moffett, US actor |
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| 1959 Brian Bovell, maybe gay English actor |
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| 1961 Dylan McDermott [Mark Anthony McDermott], US actor |
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| 1962 [Ivan Simon] Cary Elwes, English actor/Wesley–Princess Bride |
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| 1963 Natalie Merchant, bisexual US singer/one of 10,000 Maniacs |
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| 1967 Keith Urban, Kiwi country singer/Mr Kidman |
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| 1970 Dian Bachar, US actor |
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| 1971 Anthony Rapp, gay US actor/singer/Rent |
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| 1973 David Julian Hirsh, maybe gay Canadian actor |
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| 1979 Jonathan Chase [Greenfield], US actor |
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| 1981 Zach Cregger, US actor |
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| 1983 Julien Arias, French rugger/Dieux du Stade model |
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| 1440 Gilles de Rais, gay French serial killer of boys, wonders what’s for dinner. |
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| 1962 A bad day for movie maids: Hattie McDaniel, actress (Gone With the Wind), and Louise Beavers, actress (Beulah-Beulah), get cleaned up |
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