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October 13th

Random fact: Jeans, thought to be a strictly American product, originated in 18th century Italy where Genoan sailors wore snappy outfits made from denim.

Famous birth: Ashanti, American singer

WHOTD: 1773 – The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier

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October 14th, 2009
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October 12th

Random fact: The popular dice game known as Yahtzee was created by a Canadian couple who played it aboard their yacht — hence the name.

Famous birth: Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (d. 2007)

WHOTD: 1823 – Charles Macintosh, of Scotland, sells the first raincoat.

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October 11th

Random fact: The 1984 film Red Dawn was the first to garner a PG-13 rating.

Famous birth: Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot, Limp Bizkit)

WHOTD: 1975 – The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.

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October 10th

Random fact: The launching mechanism of a carrier ship that helps planes to take off, could throw a pickup truck over a mile.

Famous birth: Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)

WHOTD: 1964 – The opening ceremony at The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.

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October 11th, 2009
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October 9th

Random fact: The guy who invented the karaoke machine, Daisuke Inoue, couldn’t sing, couldn’t read music, and played the keyboards about as well as your average third-grader.

Famous birth: John Lennon, English musician (The Beatles)

WHOTD: 1967 – A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.

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October 9th, 2009
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October 8th

Random fact: Muhammad Ali wasn’t just a great boxer; he was apparently a beacon for extraterrestrials. He claims to have seen UFOs on multiple occasions, notably during a 1971 jog through New York’s Central Park.

Famous births: Sigourney Weaver, American actress; Nick Bakay, American actor; Matt Damon, American actor.

WHOTD: 2005 – Martha Stewart begins her prison sentence after being convicted of securities fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy in the ImClone stock trading case.

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October 8th, 2009
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October 7th

Random fact: A cat’s ability to see well at night is due to its taptum, a membrane that reflects the light from the back of the cat’s eye. It’s also what causes the weird “glowing” effect in the dark.

Famous birth: Toni Braxton, American singer.

WHOTD: 1919 – KLM of the Netherlands is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name; 1982 – Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000; 1952 – The bar code is patented.

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October 7th, 2009
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October 6th

Random fact: Ian Murphy is the king of the old-school computer hackers. In 1981, he and three accomplices broke into the AT&T phone system and changed its internal clocks so that customers would get midnight discounts in midday, while late-night callers got stuck with outrageous bills. For the incident, Murphy became the first hacker to be charged with a computer crime.

Famous birth: Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer.

WHOTD: 1582 – Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain (as well as October 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th,12th,13th and 14th).

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October 6th, 2009
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October 5th

Random fact: When Burger King decided to sell fast-food Down Under, they found that there was already a local carry-out restaurant called “Burger King.” As a result, if you’re looking for a Whopper in Australia today, you’ll have to go to a chain called “Hungry Jack’s.”

Famous births: Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008); Kate Winslet, English actress.

WHOTD: 1969 – The first episode of the famous comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on BBC.

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October 4th

Random fact: Symbols, like !#@%, that used to indicate swearing or cursing in comic strips are called grawlix.

Famous births: Russell Simmons, American entrepreneur; Paco León, Spanish actor.

WHOTD: 1983 – Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019 km/h), driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.

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