ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC
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Today is the 301st day of 2024 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 2005, after three weeks of criticism, Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 2018, a gunman killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th U.S. president; Emily Post (1872-1960), author; Joe Medicine Crow (1913-2016), historian/author; Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), poet/novelist; Ruby Dee (1922-2014), actress; Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), artist; Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), poet; John Cleese (1939- ), actor/writer; Dick Trickle (1941-2013) race car driver; Ivan Reitman (1946-2022), director/producer; Fran Lebowitz (1950- ), essayist/public speaker; Matt Drudge (1966- ), journalist; Scott Weiland (1967-2015), singer-songwriter.
TODAY'S FACT: Joe DiMaggio sent roses to ex-wife Marilyn Monroe's crypt in Los Angeles three times per week for the next 20 years after the actress died in 1962. The couple's divorce was finalized on this day in 1954.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2004, the Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Game 4 of the World Series, completing the sweep and winning the championship for the first time since 1918.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "You can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are better than others, and you can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are less than others, either." -- Ruby Dee
TODAY'S NUMBER: 6 -- number of subway systems worldwide that carry more passengers than the New York City subway (Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Moscow, Tokyo and Guangzhou).
TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Oct. 24) and new moon (Nov. 1).