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Today in History

741		Charles Martel of Gaul dies at Quierzy. His mayoral power is divided between his two sons, Pepin III and Carloman.
1746		Princeton University, in New Jersey, receives its charter.
1797		The first successful parachute descent is made by Andre-Jacques Garnerin, who jumps from a balloon at some 2,200 feet over Paris.
1824		The Tennessee Legislature adjourns ending David “Davy” Crockett‘s state political career.
1836		Sam Houston is sworn in as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1862		Union troops push 5,000 confederates out of Maysville, Ark., at the Second Battle of Pea Ridge.
1859		Spain declares war on the Moors in Morocco.
1907		Ringling Brothers buys Barnum & Bailey.
1914		U.S. places their economic support behind Allies.
1918		The cities of Baltimore and Washington run out of coffins during the “Spanish Influenza” epidemic.
1938		Chester Carlson invents the photocopier. He tries to sell the machine to IBM, RCA, Kodak and others, but they see no use for a gadget that makes nothing but copies.
1954		As a result of the Geneva accords granting Communist control over North Vietnam, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes a crash program to train the South Vietnamese Army.
1955		The prototype of the F-105 Thunder Chief makes its maiden flight.
1962		The U.S. reveals Soviet missile sites in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade on further shipments of military equipment to Cuba. Following a confrontation that threatens nuclear war, Kennedy and Khrushchev agree on October 28 on a formula to end the crisis. On November 2 Kennedy reports that Soviet missile bases in Cuba are being dismantled.
1964		Jean Paul Sartre declines the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1966		The Soviet Union launches Luna 12 for orbit around the moon
1972		Operation Linebacker I, the bombing of North Vietnam with B-52 bombers, ends.
1978		Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla. The Polish-born Wojtyla is the first non-Italian pope since Pope Adrian VI died in 1523; he would become the second-longest serving pope in the history of the Papacy and exercise considerable influence on events of the later portion of the 20th century.
1981		The US Federal Labor Relations authority decertifies the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) from representing federal air traffic controllers, as a result of a PATCO strike in August that was broken by the Reagan Administration.
1999		Maurice Papon, formerly an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity for his role in deporting more than 1,600 Jews to concentration camps.
2005		Tropical Storm Alpha forms, making 2005 the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.

5 Key Minimum Wage Ballot Measures This Election

5 Key Minimum Wage Ballot Measures This Election

Sad Chairs of Academia

Chairs at colleges take a beating and rarely get replaced. If there’s a shopping list, something else gets a higher priority. Poorly-paid professors are used to getting along with little and keep using old chairs, no matter what shape they’re in. The universality of these conditions inspired the Tumblr blog Sad Chairs of Academia. Here’s a recent post, illustrating the picture above.

This multi-denominational congregation of sad chairs stoically gathered in a former basketball court (which for the past 40 years has been re-purposed as the Art + Design department’s Foundation Drawing Studio) to greet new students this September.  This gang of seats was deemed enough of an embarrassment that the administration sanctioned replacing them all with set of previously decommissioned chairs that were, at least, matching.

See hundreds more chairs with sad existences at the blog.

How the Ouija board got its sinister reputation

How the Ouija board got its sinister reputation

Historic and Hollywood Clothing to be Sold

The Fashion Institute of Technology is cleaning out its closet and trimming its collection of 50,000 pieces of clothing and accessories with an auction. The Charles A. Whitaker Auction Company will conduct the auction Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29 in New Hope, Pennsylvania. You must register to bid by phone. Pictured on the left is lot #535, a young man’s French jeweled court suit from around 1790. On the right is Lot #605, a chiffon dress with metallic lace and sequins from the Roaring Twenties. You could lose yourself just perusing the lovely items to be sold. See the auction catalog here.

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The versatility of pronouns and shifting identity

The versatility of pronouns and shifting identity

A new scientific study reveals the fascinating ways in which we use pronouns to negotiate social identity. While much of the recent popular discussion on the topic of pronouns and social identity has focused on how third person pronouns in English (she/he and his/her...

Uncertainty about your social rank might be bad for your health

Uncertainty about your social rank might be bad for your health

Having strong social connections has many benefits – from the opportunity to split the tab on a pizza to having someone to binge watch “Stranger Things” with on Netflix. But for rhesus macaque monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) who are...

The common cold may at last be beatable

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Novel Alzheimer’s disease risk gene found among Icelanders

Novel Alzheimer’s disease risk gene found among Icelanders

Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital are part of a multicenter collaborative study that has identified a novel genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The...

The Chase

Oregon Takes On Corporations' Money And Politics With Measure 97

Oregon's Measure 97 ballot initiative is one example of We the People trying to take back control of government from the 1% and their powerful corporations.

Our Broken Bail System

How Our Broken Bail System Punishes Domestic-Abuse Survivors—and Empowers Abusers

Women Wouldn’t Need Tampons If They Had Any Self-Control

Brainless Misogynist: Women Wouldn’t Need Tampons If They Had Any Self-Control

This is so jaw-droppingly ridiculous there just are no words.

Latino father and son duo prevent young woman from being raped in Brooklyn

Latino father and son duo prevent young woman from being raped in Brooklyn

Police thank wanted woman who contacted them after accidentally handcuffing herself

Police in Sacramento, California, had help from a wanted woman on Wednesday morning who handcuffed herself and called police for help.Cana Greer, 29, called the Sacramento Police Department for help after she and a friend, who used to be a security guard, were messing around with an old pair of handcuffs.
Greer accidentally handcuffed herself and discovered that there was no key to unlock the cuffs. Responding officers conducted a records check before arriving to help Greer, and found that she had a felony burglary warrant out of El Dorado County.
"When officers arrived, they thanked the woman for arresting herself and transported her to a nearby fire station to have the old cuffs removed," the police department said. Greer was taken to the Sacramento County Jail and booked on her outstanding warrant.

Mysterious X-ray blasts in space defy explanation

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