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wolfgang59

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Black Tuesday 1929 shares dropped about 15%.
October 19, 1987 the Dow dropped 22%.

However after the 1929 crash recovery took a whopping 15-25 years!

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30 Oct 19 12:33

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35 years ago a woman pulled Warhol's wig from his head.

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30 Oct 19 12:40

@ponderable said
35 years ago a woman pulled Wargol's wig from his head.

Did you mean: 35 years ago a woman pulled Warhol's wig from his head? 😉

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30 Oct 19 12:44

On this day October,30
2016 Canada and the EU sign free trade deal after opposition by Belgium.

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30 Oct 19 12:46

@very-rusty said
Did you mean: 35 years ago a woman pulled Warhol's wig from his head? 😉

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Have you ever suffered the same fate?

On this day in 1974, "Rumble in the Jungle": Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire; regaining his world heavyweight title.

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30 Oct 19 12:55

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Have you ever suffered the same fate?

I'd have to have a wig for that to happen "Silly goad"!!! 😛 😉

On this day:
1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball

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31 Oct 19 01:23

@very-rusty said
On this day:
1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball

Except for pitchers who were grandfathered in.

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The "non" vote in France was an interesting "unholy alliance"
between the far-right and the far-left. Moderates voted for the
Treaty. We can assume most non-voters were moderates too.

But as you say - a very close vote. Coser than UK's Brexit vote.

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31 Oct 19 09:35

8 years ago
31st October

Earth's population of reaches 7 billion.
This day is now recognized by the United Nations
as the Day of Seven Billion. (Very unoriginal!)

I remember when annual growth rate was 2%
and the world "would not sustain 5 billion"!

Oh well - as societies become more prosperous their growth rates
go down (negative even). Will we meet the projected 12 billion peak?

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Annual population growth (latest figures)

NZ 1.9%
UK 0.6%
World 1.1%

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31 Oct 19 20:48

75 years ago today.

Veganism is born.
(Or at least the term Vegan is used for the first time.)

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01 Nov 19 19:12

On this day Nov1:
1924 Boston Bruins officially join the NHL, becoming the first United States based team to enter the League; Montreal Maroons also join NHL, but only last until 1938