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Who was Casey Jones? Hint: Not just a Joe Hill song
October 2, 2015Jonathan Luther "John""Casey" Jones from Jackson, Tenn., was an American railroader who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad.
Read moreToday in history: Meet the Blind Month
October 2, 2015Blindness is not the characteristic that defines people or their future.
Read moreHispanic Heritage Month: A Costa Rican poet honors Carlos Bulosan
October 1, 2015Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (1913-1956) was a class-conscious English-language Filipino novelist and poet.
Read moreToday in history: Ethel Rosenberg born, commemoration in Los Angeles
September 28, 2015Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens executed at Sing Sing prison in Ossining, N.Y. on June 19, 1953.
Read moreToday in history: Alberto Moravia died in 1990
September 25, 2015In the same year Italian writer Alberto Moravia died in his Rome apartment at 82, his autobiography, "Vita di Moravia" was published.
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