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Harper Lee in 2007

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee (pictured) published in 1960 and considered a classic of modern American fiction. The novel is loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers, and a model of integrity for lawyers. As a Southern Gothic novel and a bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence, but scholars have also noted that Lee addresses the issues of class tensions, courage and compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book, which won a Pulitzer Prize, is widely taught in schools in English-speaking countries with lessons that emphasize tolerance and decry prejudice. Despite its themes, To Kill a Mockingbird has been the target of various campaigns to have it removed from public classrooms. (Full article...)

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Downtown Serekunda

... that because the capital of the Gambia is on a small island, its population has overflowed into Serekunda (pictured) in the nearby municipality of Kanifing?
... that Nancy S. Steinhardt completed her doctorate on medieval Chinese architecture before she was able to see any in person?
... that much of Archcliffe Fort was demolished in the 1920s to allow for expansion of a railway?
... that Alfred Sully, who led US forces during the Sioux Wars, was married to a Yankton Sioux woman?
... that The Right and the Wrong was the first feature film produced natively in Trinidad and Tobago?
... that a 23-day CBC strike thrust Don Goodwin into the Canadian national spotlight and into "folk-hero status"?
... that the lyric video for an Olivia Rodrigo song included a teaser that she would tour in support of her album Guts?
... that the Cosmere Roleplaying Game surpassed Frosthaven to become the most-funded tabletop game on Kickstarter in August 2024?
... that "Honest Ike" stole more than $200,000 from the Alabama treasury?

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The Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) is a small, migratory passerine bird found in Central and North America. It breeds in woodlands in the eastern United States and often nests on human structures. This specimen was photographed in Madison, Wisconsin, US.

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October 10

Vidyasagar Setu

1846 – English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune.
1933 – In the first proven act of sabotage in the history of commercial aviation, a Boeing 247 operated by United Airlines exploded in mid-air near Chesterton, Indiana, killing all seven people aboard.
1963 – The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground, went into effect.
1973 – U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.
1992 – After 20 years of construction, Vidyasagar Setu (pictured), the longest cable-stayed bridge in India, opened, joining Kolkata and Howrah.

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