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Bill Gates (*1955)
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, and humanitarian. He is best known as the principal founder of Microsoft Corporation.
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The Council of Elrond meets in the year 3018 of the Third Age
The Council of Elrond was the secret council called by Elrond in Rivendell in order to decide what should be done with the One Ring, during the Great Years in the Third Age. Those present at this council were people of the three largest races of good in Middle-earth: Men, Elves, and Dwarves.
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Birth of the Internet (ARPANET, 1969)
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was an early packet-switching network and the first network to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite. Both technologies became the technical foundation of the Internet. The ARPANET was initially founded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the United States Department of Defense. On 29.10.1969 the first message was transmitted over the ARPANET.
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National Checklists Day
With the US National Checklists Day, October 30 celebrates no less than the world's checklists.
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Carlo Pedersoli aka Bud Spencer (*1929)
Carlo Pedersoli (31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016), known professionally as Bud Spencer, was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player.
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Peter Jackson (*1961)
Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03) and the Hobbit trilogy (2012–14).
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Michael Collins (*1930)
Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is an American former astronaut, test pilot, and retired major general of the United States Air Force Reserves. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew into space twice.
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First broadcast of The Walking Dead (2010)
The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror television series for AMC based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard.
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Birth of Bitcoin (2008)
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to control its creation and management, rather than relying on central authorities. On 31.10.2008 Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper about the basic principles of Bitcoin.
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Nathan Drake (*1982 Uncharted)
Nathan Drake is a treasure hunter and according to his own statement a descendant of the famous British explorer Sir Francis Drake. His real name is Nathan Morgan.
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International Unicorn Day
Friends of four-legged mythical creatures with horn should have had November 1 in their calendars as International Day of the Unicorn at the latest since 2015.
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Cookie Monster's Birthday
Happy birthday crumb monster. November 2nd is the birthday of the famous biscuit lover in the calendar of curious holidays from all over the world. In short, we celebrate this date as US Crumb Monster Day. Keeekseee!
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First broadcast of Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla is a 1954 Japanese kaiju film featuring Godzilla, produced and distributed by Toho. It is the first film in the Godzilla franchise and Shōwa series.
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First Release of Unix (1971)
Unix is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, development starting in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.
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