Picture of the Day and B'days for Oct. 23

Posted October 22, 2008, 8:30 pm


Today is Thursday, Oct. 23, the 297th day of 2008

In 1915, Tens of thousands of women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote.

In 1973, President Nixon agreed to turn over White House tape recordings subpoenaed by the Watergate special prosecutor to Judge John J. Sirica.

Today's Birthdays:  Movie director Philip Kaufman is 72. Soccer great Pele is 68. Author Michael Crichton is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Barbara Ann Hawkins (The Dixie Cups, "Chapel of Love") is 65.  Movie director Ang Lee is 54. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 52. Movie director Sam Raimi is 49. Parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic is 49.

Picture of the Day: Amazing pumpkin carving -- The Predator



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