Hundred years ago this day one of the most honourable traditions in the world was born. When the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four-year warfare during World War One it was the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918.
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Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!" – Dexter Kozen.
The party starts on the last day of October and ends in November. The point is to stay out of trouble while it frightens the rest off. BRAMS Institute wishes everyone a happy escape from the spookiness of Halloween!
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Today Saint Vincent and the Grenadines celebrate Independence Day.
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The first biography on four-star General John Shalikashvili has been released by the University Press of Kentucky. Boy on the Bridge is a life story of a man who considered himself to be the son of two countries – the United States and Georgia – both proudly having embraced him while alive and respecting his memory in the afterlife.
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Sigourney Weaver, who played Ellen Ripley from the Alien franchise, is a birthday girl today. The pioneer of action heroines in science fiction films has created an era which put a solid brick into world cinematography.
Two Golden Globes (for Working Girl and Gorillas in the Mist, both in 1989) and a BAFTA Award (for The Ice Storm in 1998) winner, as well as a three-time Academy Award nominee, three-time Emmy Award nominee and seven-time Golden Globe nominee, has had a fruitful career, which gained her well-deserved adoration and love from fans.
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