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Alex O'Loughlin

"No Such Thing as Vampires" is the pilot episode of the American paranormal romance television drama Moonlight. Premiering on CBS on September 28, 2007, it was written by series creators and executive producers Trevor Munson and Ron Koslow and directed by executive producer Rod Holcomb. The pilot introduces Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin, pictured), a private investigator and a vampire, along with his love interest Beth Turner (Sophia Myles), his mentor Josef Kostan (Jason Dohring), and his ex-wife Coraline Duvall (Shannyn Sossamon). Originally titled Twilight, the project was renamed and recast when picked up by CBS for the 2007–2008 American television season. Although received poorly by critics, the pilot managed to finish first for its night among total viewers and adults 18–49. Many critics faulted the acting and writing, but some thought that the series showed promise, and Dohring's performance was praised. (Full article...)

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Protesters in Hong Kong

... that "Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times", a slogan commonly chanted at the 2019 Hong Kong protests (shown), was first used for a LegCo campaign in 2016?
... that Bill Walton made 21 of his 22 field goal attempts in the 1973 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game?
... that Swedish sociologist Ulf Himmelstrand has been called the "father of sociology in Nigeria"?
... that XHFAMX-TDT "La Octava", which opens tonight, marks Grupo Radio Centro's return to Mexico City television for the first time since 1972?
... that Grigory Skornyakov-Pisarev wrote on mechanics, investigated a tsarina, was in charge of the Ladoga Canal, and sported with concubines as commandant of Okhotsk?
... that the film Under the Knife argues that Britain's state-run National Health Service is being intentionally privatised?
... that in his 1950 speech at the United Nations, Chinese diplomat Wu Xiuquan demanded that the United States withdraw its forces from Taiwan and Korea?
... that rings of modular forms are stacky thanks to GAGA?

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Stephen Strasburg

A fire on a passenger train near Liaquatpur, Pakistan, kills at least 74 people.
In baseball, the Washington Nationals defeat the Houston Astros to win the World Series (MVP Stephen Strasburg pictured).
In motor racing, Estonians Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja win the World Rally Championship.
At least 67 people are killed in protests and inter-ethnic clashes in Ethiopia's Oromia Region and surrounding areas.

On this day

November 1: All Saints' Day (Western Christianity); Samhain and Beltane in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively; Rajyotsava (Formation Day) in Karnataka, India (1956)

Goaltender mask worn
by Jacques Plante

1503 – Giuliano della Rovere was elected pope, taking the name Julius II in emulation of Julius Caesar.
1611 – The first recorded performance of Shakespeare's play The Tempest was held at the Palace of Whitehall in London, exactly seven years after the first certainly known performance of his tragedy Othello, held in the same building.
1944 – World War II: An American F-13 Superfortress made the first flight by an Allied aircraft over Tokyo since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942.
1959 – After being struck in the face with a hockey puck, Jacques Plante played the rest of the game wearing a face mask (pictured), now mandatory equipment for goaltenders in ice hockey.

William de Ros, 6th Baron Ros (d. 1414) · Antonio Canova (b. 1757) · Walter Payton (d. 1999)

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Bhupesh Baghel

The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, the governor of Chhattisgarh usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the state government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Three people have served as the state's chief minister since Chhattisgarh's formation on 1 November 2000. The first was Ajit Jogi of the Indian National Congress. He was succeeded in 2003 by Raman Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served three consecutive five-year terms. His successor, and current incumbent, is the Indian National Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel (pictured), who was elected in 2018. (Full list...)

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The human skull is the bony structure that forms the head in the human skeleton. It supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain. Like the skulls of other vertebrates, it protects the brain from injury. The skull consists of three parts, of different embryological origin – the neurocranium, the sutures, and the facial skeleton (also called the membranous viscerocranium). The neurocranium (or braincase) forms the protective bony structure that surrounds and houses the brain and brainstem. The upper areas of the cranial bones form the calvaria (skullcap). The sutures are fairly rigid joint between bones of the neurocranium, whereas the facial skeleton is formed by the bones supporting the face, including the mandible. This picture is a diagram of the human skull as seen from the left, showing the main bones of the neurocranium and the facial skeleton.

Diagram credit: Mariana Ruiz Villarreal

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