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October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 78 days remaining until the end of the year. 222 – Pope Callixtus I is killed by a mob in Rome's Trastevere after a 5-year reign in which he had...

Below are the results of this years Great American Beer Festival awards. Only four GABF medals were awarded to Washington breweries this year. That’s the least in recent memory. Don’t despair. It’s not a comment on the quality of the...

Skin Diving Mermaids and Ruthless Frogmen! Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 — Part 4 — Part 5 — Part 6 Tugboat Annie (MGM, 1933) Marie Dressler plays the title character, tugboat captain Annie Brennan, in this 1933 Hollywood...

1066 – Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings: In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England. 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King...

Cross posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette This is your morning Open Thread. Pour your favorite beverage and review the past and comment on the future. Find the past "On This Day in History" here. October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in...