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Today is the 302nd day of 2013 and the 38th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1929, the New York Stock Exchange crashed in what came to be called "Black Tuesday," beginning the Great Depression.

In 1966, the newly formed National Organization for Women held its first conference.

In 1969, the first connection on ARPANET (the precursor to the Internet) was made between computers at UCLA and Stanford Research Institute.

In 2004, European leaders signed the first constitution of the European Union.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Fanny Brice (1891-1951), singer/comedian; Bill Mauldin (1921-2003), cartoonist; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938- ), Liberian president; Bob Ross (1942-1995), painter/instructor; Richard Dreyfuss (1947- ), actor; Lee Child (1954- ), author; Dan Castellaneta (1957- ), actor; Randy Jackson (1961- ), musician/TV personality; Joely Fisher (1967- ), actress; Winona Ryder (1971- ), actress; India Eisley (1993- ), actress.

TODAY'S FACT: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is Africa's first female head of state.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1960, Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammed Ali) made his professional boxing debut, winning a six-round decision over Tunney Hunsaker.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "(Editorial cartooning) is essentially a destructive art. We are not pontificators, or molders of thought -- or at least we shouldn't try to be. Ours is more the role of the lowly gadfly: circle and stab, circle and stab. Roughly put, our credo should be, if it's big, hit it." -- Bill Mauldin

TODAY'S NUMBER: 77 -- age of astronaut John Glenn when the Space Shuttle Discovery launched on this day in 1998, making Glenn the oldest person ever to travel in space.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Oct. 26) and new moon (Nov. 3).

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Today is the 301st day of 2013 and the 37th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1793, Eli Whitney applied for a patent on the cotton gin.

In 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

In 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, providing for enforcement of alcohol prohibition.

In 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove his country's nuclear missiles from Cuba, bringing an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

In 2005, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, resigned following his indictment on charges related to the leaking of a CIA agent's name.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), writer; Francis Bacon (1909-1992), artist; Jonas Salk (1914-1995), medical researcher; Charlie Daniels (1936- ), singer-songwriter; Jane Alexander (1939- ), actress; Dennis Franz (1944- ), actor; Annie Potts (1952- ), actress; Bill Gates (1955- ), software pioneer; Lauren Holly (1963- ), actress; Andy Richter (1966- ), comedian/actor; Julia Roberts (1967- ), actress; Brad Paisley (1972- ), singer-songwriter; Joaquin Phoenix (1974- ), actor; Frank Ocean (1987- ), singer-songwriter.

TODAY'S FACT: The "gin" in "cotton gin" is short for "engine."

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2006, legendary Hall of Fame basketball coach Red Auerbach died.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." -- Bill Gates

TODAY'S NUMBER: 154 -- steps from the pedestal to the head of the Statue of Liberty.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Oct. 26) and new moon (Nov. 3).

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Today is the 300th day of 2013 and the 36th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1682, the city of Philadelphia was founded.

In 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers appeared in a New York City newspaper.

In 1904, the first underground New York City subway line opened to the public.

In 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio divorced.

In 2005, after three weeks of criticism, Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th U.S. president; Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), poet/playwright; Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), artist; Ruby Dee (1924- ), actress; Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), poet; John Cleese (1939- ), actor/writer; Ivan Reitman (1946- ), director/producer; Carrie Snodgress (1946-2004), actress; Fran Lebowitz (1950- ), columnist; Roberto Benigni (1952- ), director/actor; Matt Drudge (1966- ), journalist.

TODAY'S FACT: Joe DiMaggio sent roses to Marilyn Monroe's crypt in Los Angeles three times per week for the next 20 years after the actress died in 1962.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2004, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series for the first time since 1918.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." -- Theodore Roosevelt

TODAY'S NUMBER: 6 -- number of subway systems worldwide that carry more passengers than New York City's subway does (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Moscow, Shanghai and Guangzhou).

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Oct. 26) and new moon (Nov. 3).