October Halloween Story Time
The Hollow Man
In the small town of Raven's End, there was a legend that every Halloween, the Hollow Man wandered the streets, searching for his missing heart. Parents told their kids to be careful after dark, warning them to be inside by midnightβor risk being taken by him.
Women Who Defied Traditional Gender Roles
On October 23, 1910, Dr. Alice Hamilton, a largely unknown but pioneering figure in public health, made a landmark contribution by publishing her groundbreaking research on industrial diseases, focusing on toxic exposures in the workplace.
Nancy Grace (born October 23, 1959, Macon, Georgia, U.S.) is an American legal current-affairs commentator and outspoken champion of victimsβ rights, perhaps best known as the anchor of the television program Nancy Grace (2005β16). Grace grew up in Georgia.
Soong Mei-ling, the second wife of the Nationalist Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek and a powerful political figure in her own right, died at age 106.
SΓ©raphine Louis was a French painter from the 20th century. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art. The intensity of her images, both in color and replicative design, is sometimes interpreted as a reflection of her own psyche, walking a tightrope between ecstasy and mental illness.
Racial #History
On this day Oct 23, 1909
White Mob Attempts to Lynch Black Man Near the U.S. Capitol
On this day in 1909, a white mob from Maryland boldly attempted to lynch a Black man just blocks from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in a dramatic display of the lawless reign of terror against Black people that defined this era.
What Happened on October 23rd
October 23, 2001
Apple Computer Releases the iPod
Apple ventures into the handheld and music entertainment markets with the introduction of the iPod. The original iPod was equipped with a miniature hard disk, but future iterations featured flash memory.