A bit of October 23rd history…
42 BC - Roman Republican Civil Wars: Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus’ army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian; Brutus commits suicide
1915 - An estimated 25,000 supporters in a women’s suffrage march on NY’s 5th Ave, led by Dr Anna Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voter
1941 - “Dumbo” released
1958 - The Smurfs 1st appear in the story “Johan and Pirlouit” by Belgium cartoonist Peyo
1977 - Discovery of a 3.4 billion year old one celled fossil, one of the earliest life forms on earth
1986 - Artist Keith Haring commissioned to paint a mural on the Berlin Wall by Checkpoint Charlie Museum - 300 meters long (pictured)
2015 - Adele releases “Hello”; becomes the 1st song with more than a million downloads in its 1st week
2018 - Microplastics found in human stools for 1st time
2019 - Google research lab claims it has achieved Quantum Supremacy performing calculation in 3 minutes that would take a supercomputer 10,000 years
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