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Today's Star Sign

People born on this day are Scorpio as their zodiac sign.

EVENTS
UK's ruling Conservative party appoints Rishi Sunak as their next leader and Prime Minister, replacing Liz Truss after six weeks; Sunak is the first PM of color in the country's history.
US Mint issues first US currency featuring an Asian-American - silent film actress Anna May Wong; coin is part of American Women Quarters Program celebrates female trailblazers [2].
China continues its Covid-zero policy with 28 cities and 207 million people affected by some form of lockdown, including Wuhan.
DEATHS
Ashton Carter, American military civilian official (Secretary of Defense,2015-17), and academic administrator, who died of a heart attack at 68.

EVENTS
COVID-19 pandemic cases in Eastern Europe pass 20 million with Russia, Ukraine and Romania in top five countries reporting deaths globally.
Tom Brady becomes first quarterback in NFL history to record 600 touchdown passes when he hits Mike Evans in 1st quarter of the Buccaneers 38-3 rout of the Chicago Bears in Tampa Bay.
Strongest storm to ever hit the West Coast of the US, with California recording barometric pressure of 945.2 mb, and San Francisco its wettest October day.
Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships sell for $1.472 million at Sotheby's, a new record for sneakers at auction.
DEATHS
Mamat Khalid, Screenwriter.
Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass banjo player (The Osborne Brothers - "Rocky Top"), who died of a stroke at 83.

EVENTS
Colombia records more than 1 million cases of COVID-19 pandemic, the 8th globally and 3rd in Latin America.
Deadliest shipwreck of the year claims 140 lives on a ship that sank with 200 migrants on board off the coast of Senegal.
DEATHS
Haji Azim, Prince.
Kevin McCarra, Scottish sports journalist (The Guardian, Scotland on Sunday, The Times), who died from Alzheimer's disease at 62.

EVENTS
Bangladesh sentences 16 men to death for the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was set on fire after accusing a teacher of inappropriate behavior.
Remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco removed from mausoleum in Valley of the Fallen and reburied in private family vault in Madrid.

EVENTS
Scientists confirm East Island in Hawaii, half a mile long, has been wiped out after contact with Hurricane Walaka.
Pipe bombs sent to prominent US Democrats including the Obamas, Clintons, John Brennan and CNN, but safely defused.
Largest jackpot in US history at $1.6 billion won by one person in South Carolina.
Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge named UN Person of the Year for setting a new marathon world record and for his work with AIDS/HIV in Kenya.
Indian cricketer Virat Kohli becomes the 12th and the fastest-ever to score 10,000 runs in one day international matches, taking just 205 innings.
EU directive bans single-use plastics by 2021.
DEATHS
Darijan Božic, Slovenian composer and conductor, who died at 86.
Tony Joe White, American blues and swamp rock singer (Polk Salad Annie), who died at 75.
Tony Joe White, American blues and swamp rock singer (" Polk Salad Annie"), and songwriter (" Rainy Night In Georgia"), who died of a heart attack at 75.
Wah-Wah Watson [Melvin Ragin], American session guitarist in Motown's Funk Brothers (Temptations - "Papa Was A Rollin'Stone"), who died at 67.

EVENTS
Crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman vows to return Saudi Arabia to moderate Islam after announcing 500bn independent economic zone.
Albert Einstein's "Theory of Happiness", written as a note for a bellboy instead of a tip in Tokyo in 1922 sells for $1.56 million.
Dog doping scandal confirmed by officials of Iditarod, Alaskan dog sled race after dogs test positive for a banned substance.
BIRTHS
Travis In Wonderland, YouTube Star, born in Philippines.
DEATHS
Robert Guillaume [Williams], American actor (Rafiki- The Lion King, Sports Night, Benson, Soap), who died at 89.
George Young, Music Producer.
Antione "Fats" Domino, American rhythm & blues star of the early rock ’n’ roll era (Blueberry Hill, Blue Monday), who died from natural causes at 89.

EVENTS
Suicide bomb kills 61 and injures 117 at a police training academy in Quetta, Pakistan, ISIS claims responsibility.
DEATHS
Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive, "Spin Me Round"), who died of a cardiac arrest at 57.
Bobby Vee, American pop singer (Night has a Thousand Eyes), who died at 73.
Bobby Vee [Velline], American pop singer (" Devil Or Angel" ; "Take Good Care Of My Baby"), who died at 73.
Jack Sellers, Race Car Driver.
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Politician.
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay (2000-2005), who died at 88.

EVENTS
Even results in Argentine Presidential Election between Daniel Scioli and Mauricio Macrieven trigger 1st ever Presidential run off 22 Nov.
BIRTHS
Finley Lanning, YouTube Star, born in California.
WEDDINGS
American Idol winner and singer Phillip Phillips at the age of 25 weds longtime girlfriend Hannah Blackwell at the Resora Plantation in Albany, Georgia.
Comedian Tig Notaro at the age of 44 weds girlfriend Stephanie Allynne in Pass Christian, Mississippi.
DEATHS
Dave White, Race Car Driver.
Maureen O'Hara [FitzSimons], Irish-American actress and singer (Miracle on 34th St, The Quiet Man), who died at 95.
Maureen O'Hara, Movie Actress.

BIRTHS
Natalia Guerrero, Instagram Star, born in Philippines.
Natalia Ongsee, Family Member, born in Philippines.
DEATHS
Marcia Strassman, American actress (M*A*S*H; Welcome Back, Kotter - "Julie Kotter"), who died from breast cancer at 66.
Marcia Strassman, American actress, who died from breast cancer at 66.

EVENTS
St Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Red Sox to tie the MLB 2013 World Series 1-1.
WEDDINGS
Country music singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe at the age of 27 weds MLB pitcher John Danks at the age of 28 at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee.
DEATHS
Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII (portrayed in Band of Brothers), who died at 96.
Héctor Quintanar, Mexican composer, who died at 77.
Henry Taylor, Race Car Driver.