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October is National Stamp Collecting Month
October 22, 2015Stamp collecting is not the serious hobby it once was, but I want to offer a salute to this pastime that once provided me hours of fascination.
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Today in history: Chilean communist poet Pablo Neruda wins Nobel Prize
October 21, 2015Neruda won the Nobel Prize for Literature "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams."
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Today in history: Nazi war crimes indictments read at Nuremberg
October 19, 2015The trials formally opened in Nuremberg, Germany, on November 20, half a year after Germany surrendered.
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Today in history: Centennial of playwright Arthur Miller
October 16, 2015October 17 is the 100th birthdate of American author and playwright Arthur Miller.
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Today in history: Catholic pacifist David Miller burns his draft card
October 15, 2015The Catholic pacifist affiliated with the Catholic Worker movement, attended a rally held near the Armed Forces Induction Center in Manhattan.
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