Friday, October 23, 2009

THIS AND THAT AGAIN


On October 23, 1915 tens of thousands of women marched in New York City demanding the vote.

October 22, 2009 Soupy Sales died. If you don't remember "mister pie in your face" I won't bore you with memories.

October 22 was also the 90th birthday of Doris Lessing, a pioneer of the 196O's wave of feminism. It was also the 73rd birthday of Bobby Seale, cofounder of the Black Panther Party.

October 15, 1969---an estimated two million or more participated in the first national moratorium against the Vietnam War.

Oct 16 1973----War criminal Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize less than a month after he secretly oversaw the bloody military coup in Chile.

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