Episode 118 – News for October 29, 2015

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – October 29

• 1929 – The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of ’29 or “Black Tuesday”, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression | Great Depression
• 1942 – Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995)
• 1960 – In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight
• 1997 – Anton LaVey, American occultist and Emperor Ming impersonator, died on this day. He is famous for founding the Church of Satan.
• 1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space | John Glen

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Atoms can’t move while being watched
• Blackest material ever made
• GreenWave, Winner of 2015 Buckminster Fuller Challenge develops multi-species aquafarming

POLITICS AND RELIGION

• Hobby Lobby’s Green under investigation for illegal Iraqi artifacts
• Faith-healers lose in Oregon Supreme Court
• Satanic Temple offers to hold invocations after next Bremerton football game
• Ben Carson wants abortion banned in all cases, compares it with slavery
• Bernie Sanders asked if he believes in God
• Opal Covey promises destruction if not elected

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