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4 October 2026
- 00:00, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
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Aftermath of the Harrogate covered-market fire
- ... that Arthur Hiscoe designed Harrogate's covered market, which burned down in 1937 (aftermath pictured)?
- ... that differences over the 1968 Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia led to a rupture between the Communist Party of Austria and its youth wing?
- ... that Johnny Hudgins has been described as the "black Charlie Chaplin"?
- ... that pizzaiolo was designated an Italian intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2017?
- ... that Jomana Alrashid, the CEO of the Saudi Research and Media Group, stated that her appointment was part of a vision that "trickled down from the highest levels of government"?
- ... that a trademark dispute over breakfast cereal went to the Supreme Court of the United States?
- ... that Hanneline Røgeberg often depicts women's bodies in "fantastically contorted positions that defy gravity or nature"?
- ... that Jordan is building the Middle East's largest Christian pilgrimage center ahead of the 2,000th anniversary of the baptism of Jesus in 2030?
- ... that Clodomira Acosta escaped arrest by setting a fire and jumping through a window?
3 October 2026
- 00:00, 3 October 2026 (UTC)
Wendy Barnes
- ... that Wendy Barnes (pictured) had to fill 40 minutes of live radio airtime when her scheduled guest, Princess Margaret, was unwell and arrived late?
- ... that The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness features a tree that was described by its author as an allegory for bipolar disorder?
- ... that Trendon Watford attended all of his brother's basketball games at Indiana University for four years, even though it meant driving for seven hours?
- ... that the founder of Boston Korea at first wrote, edited, designed, and delivered the newspaper himself, on routes running from Boston to New Hampshire?
- ... that Otto Djaya described his scholarship studies as part of an espionage mission?
- ... that minorities in Turkey recognized under the Treaty of Lausanne were not required to change their surnames, as stipulated by the Surname Law?
- ... that Alex Sanders led a successful campaign against the construction of a chemical plant near Hilton Head Island?
- ... that the magazine The Television is known for its covers featuring celebrities holding a lemon?
2 October 2026
- 00:00, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
Bai Yun
- ... that Bai Yun (pictured) was artificially inseminated with Shi Shi's sperm because the two pandas could not get along?
- ... that actress Barbra Streisand bought a New York City townhouse after being rejected from housing cooperatives due to her occupation?
- ... that Momčilo Gruban was convicted of crimes against humanity for his actions as a guard at the Omarska concentration camp during the Bosnian War?
- ... that around half of the collection at Casa da Saudade, a library in Massachusetts, is in either Portuguese or Cape Verdean Creole?
- ... that John Huston's 45-year directing career comprised 37 feature films, including film noirs, war dramas, and Westerns?
- ... that the Popular Democratic Union was the oldest communist party in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula?
- ... that the Idaho Statesman reported that Joe Pellegrini was still playing for the New York Jets when he was actually working for a local bank?
- ... that an imperfect take of the song "Hadashi no Kisetsu" was used for the final release, as its producer thought that it would endear Seiko Matsuda's voice to listeners?
- ... that carpet weavers on strike in Yonkers demanded that their bosses stop docking their pay for talking, laughing, or looking out the window?
1 October 2026
- 00:00, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
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Shayok Misha Chowdhury
- ... that Shayok Misha Chowdhury (pictured) staged his own mother's death in a play they wrote and performed together at The Bushwick Starr?
- ... that sandbags help salmon traverse Springbrook Creek?
- ... that Romanian literary historian Alexandru George once gifted a cooking pot and a saucepan to a poet whom he was courting?
- ... that the publication of a register of Egyptian dyke workers in 1788 marked the beginning of papyrology?
- ... that Rolf Lyssy's 1978 film The Swissmakers was still the most popular Swiss film of all time in 2025?
- ... that a graduation fashion show for a local arts school was held in a rapid transit station that had yet to open?
- ... that future Macau international footballer Alberto Carvalhal was involved in repatriating the remains of Pedro I to Brazil?
- ... that an asteroid collision in the Nysa–Polana complex might have caused an impact shower on the Moon 800 million years ago?
- ... that, despite Samuel Quincy's alignment with the British, he was fondly remembered in exile by U.S. president John Adams?