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October 1 is a 2014 Nigerian psychological thriller film written by Tunde Babalola, produced and directed by Kunle Afolayan (pictured), and starring Sadiq Daba, Kayode Olaiya, and Demola Adedoyin. In the film, Inspector Danladi Waziri (Daba) investigates the killings of young women in a village in Western Nigeria just before 1 October 1960 – the date Nigeria gained independence from British colonial rule. The film's budget was US$2 million. It premiered on 28 September 2014 and opened to international audiences on 3 October. October 1 deals with several themes, including the sexual abuse of children by religious authority figures, religious and ethnic conflict, politics in colonial Nigeria, and Nigeria's unification and independence. Critics positively reviewed the film, praising its cinematography, production design, costuming, writing, and acting. The film won several awards, including Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor at the 2014 Africa International Film Festival. (Full article...)
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- ... that an Indian maharajah asked Eugenie Grosup (pictured) to marry him after she received a deportation notice to leave India and return to Nazi-occupied Europe?
- ... that football player and coach Clarence McGeary wrestled with Bronko Nagurski, owned bowling alleys with Rocky Marciano, founded the Federation of Christian Athletes, and was awarded a Purple Heart?
- ... that the Al Qarara Cultural Museum, housed in a former grain silo, contained 6000 years of history?
- ... that Dimitrie Ralet, a pioneer Romanian orientalist, commended Ottoman reformers for not "blindly adopting what we in Europe take to mean civilization"?
- ... that PragerU's hashtag #DETRANS, originally meant to promote their short film, was hijacked by Twitter users?
- ... that plant species like Hypericum bupleuroides can reproduce by a callus?
- ... that the son of an engine fitter from England became Director of Education in part of modern-day South Africa for almost twenty years?
- ... that the No. 1–ranked 2023 Colorado Mines Orediggers, "college football's nerdiest contender", featured players with pigtails and a drawn-on blue mustache, a friar's haircut, and Harry Potter cosplay?
In the news
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- In Nigeria, bandits kill 160 people in Plateau State.
- A mass shooting in Prague, Czech Republic, leaves 15 people dead.
- Pope Francis (pictured) approves a declaration that allows Catholic clergy to bless same-sex couples.
- After weeks of earthquakes, a volcanic eruption occurs near Grindavík, Iceland.
- An earthquake in Jishishan County, China, leaves more than 140 people dead.
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- 893 – An earthquake destroyed the city of Dvin, Armenia, resulting in about 30,000 casualties.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Union forces defeated a Confederate cavalry unit at the Battle of Van Buren, capturing three steamboats, Confederate troops, and various supplies.
- 1918 – At the Irish general election, Constance Markievicz was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the first female member of Parliament, although she never took her seat.
- 1943 – World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division captured the Italian town of Ortona (depicted).
- 2018 – Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first interactive content for adults.
- Andrea Gritti (d. 1538)
- Albert Christoph Dies (d. 1822)
- Shen Congwen (b. 1902)
- Robin Paulsson (b. 1983)
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Bell Island is a small island in the Barents Sea, south-west of the Franz Josef Land archipelago in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The island was named by the English explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith for its bell-shaped mountain which rises steeply from the island's southern coast. The island was the first among the Franz Josef archipelago to be visited by Leigh Smith in an expedition he undertook in 1880. In a second expedition to the islands in 1881, Leigh Smith built the wooden Eira lodge on the north side of the island which he used to winter. The lodge stands to this day. The island was later visited by the Svyataya Anna of the ill-fated Brusilov expedition in 1914. This view shows Bell Island in 2017 with Eira lodge in the foreground. Photograph credit: Timinilya
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