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| As part of preparations for 1984's Tropical Storm Isidore, some citrus farmers burned seedlings potentially infected with canker to prevent heavy rains from spreading the disease. |
| As Adam Best, David Proud will be the first visibly disabled adult actor to appear in the British soap opera EastEnders. |
| A sex scandal in Boise, Idaho, in 1955 resulted in almost 1,500 people being interviewed and a list of 500 suspected homosexuals. |
| According to legend, the Houses of the Mayorazgo de Guerrero (pictured) were demolished by a jealous husband after they were given to his wife by the viceroy of New Spain. |
| Editor-in-chief Andreas Norland left Norway's largest newspaper Verdens Gang to edit Osloavisen, which lasted less than a year. |
| Sara Northrup Hollister, the second wife of L. Ron Hubbard, was a noted member of an occult society in Pasadena, California, who went on to play an important role in the development of Dianetics. |
| Remnants of terracotta piping used in public baths during Roman times in Morocco are on display at the Rabat Archaeological Museum. |
| The first Governor of colonial Maryland, Leonard Calvert, appointed his successor Thomas Greene only hours before Calvert's death. |
| Adrienne Beames, the daughter of Australian rules footballer, first-class cricketer, and journalist Percy Beames, was the first woman to break the 3-hour barrier in the marathon. |
| Beatriz Enriquez de Arana was the mistress of Christopher Columbus (pictured). |
| Before the Quarter Horse Barbara L became a racehorse, she demonstrated horse trailers for her owner, a trailer salesman?. |
| The Baudette Fire of 1910 burned down the twin towns of Spooner and Baudette, Minnesota, on October 7, 1910. |
| "Dahil Sa Iyo", a song with Tagalog and English lyrics, is so popular that it has been suggested as a replacement for the Filipino anthem. |
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