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Halloween Story (Light)
"The Lantern of Souls"
Every year on the night of Halloween, the town of Willow's End would grow darker than the surrounding villages. Trees would creak, the air would chill, and shadows seemed to dance just out of sight. But there was one home at the edge of town that remained brightβa house that belonged to an old woman named Eleanor.
After 15 Black leaders, including civil rights legend the Reverend F. L. Shuttlesworth, sued Birminghamβs Parks and Recreation board, a federal district judge ruled that Birminghamβs segregated facilities and parks were unconstitutional.
In response to the October 24 court ruling, Birminghamβs mayor, Art Hanes, and the cityβs police commissioner, Eugene βBullβ Connor, immediately announced the plan to close all city parks.
Racial #History
On this day Oct 24, 1961
Birmingham Officials Announce Plan to Close City Parks Rather Than Permit Racial Integration
On October 24, 1961, in response to a federal court decision that Birminghamβs racially segregated parks, golf courses, and playgrounds were unconstitutional, Birmingham officials publicly announced that they would close all public parks and facilities rather than racially integrate them.
What Happened on October 24th
October 24, 1922
Werner Buchholz Born
Werner Buchholz was a member of the teams that designed the IBM 701 and Stretch models. Buchholz used the term "byte" to describe a sequence of eight bitsβalthough in the 1950s, when the term first was used, equipment used six-bit chunks of information, and a byte equaled six bits.
African American civil rights activist Rosa Parksβwhose refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus to a white man in 1955 helped ignite the American civil rights movementβdied at age 92.
Malcolm Turnbull (born October 24, 1954, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian politician who was MP for Wentworth (2004β18), leader of the Liberal Party of Australia (2008β09; 2015β18), and prime minister of Australia (2015β18).
Will-o'-the-Wisps, also known as ignis fatuus or "foolish fire," are atmospheric ghost lights that have fascinated people for centuries. These eerie lights appear to float above marshes, swamps, or bogs, flickering faintly in the distance, often leading travelers astray. Their mysterious nature has led to various interpretations, blending folklore, science, and human imagination.
One dark, macabre, and bone-chilling folklore story comes from the rural regions of Romania: the tale of the Strigoi. Unlike the more commonly known vampire stories of Dracula, the Strigoi is an ancient, deeply feared creature in Romanian folklore, said to be the restless soul of the dead that rises from the grave to torment the living.
