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October 25

Until October 31, the famous (famous?) honey-loving yellow bear is gearing up for Disney Live! Winnie the Pooh and the Perfect Day at BEC TERO Hall. Tickets are 400, 600 and 800 baht at Thai Ticketmaster. Call 02 262 3456.

In 1955, the microwave oven is introduced. Hours later, disgruntled single people complained that their �microwaveable� meal for one lonely person was hot on the outside but still frozen in the middle.

October 26

Celebrating her birthday today is former First Lady and current US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947).

Born with a defective heart, �Baby Fae� gets the first baboon-to-human heart transplant in 1984. She lives only 21 days with the animal�s heart. The baboon survived zero days with no heart.

October 27

In 1938, the Du Pont company announced �nylon� as the new name for its new synthetic yarn. Don�t believe the myth that the name came from a combination of New York (Ny) and London (lon) as it�s simply untrue.

In 1984, 19-year-old John McCollum commits suicide. The parents believe that their son was listening to Ozzy Osborne�s �Suicide Solution� at the time. No jokes there.

Eerily enough, on the same day John was killing himself, Ozzy was celebrating the birth of his new daughter, Kelly Osbourne.

October 28

In 1886, the Statue of Liberty is unveiled in New York Harbor. The 151-foot lady was originally known as Liberty Enlightening the World.

Pretty woman Julia Roberts celebrates her 37th birthday today. Thirty-seven? She could pass for at least 50.

October 29

Sometime shoplifter and occasional actress Winona Ryder turns 33 today.

Until October 31, Bangkok University is staging I Shall Ride the Rainbow When I Grow Up at Chalerm Krung Royal Theatre. Tickets are 200, 300 and 500 baht. Call 01 372 8352 and 01 658 2223.

October 30

I-mobile is presenting the Love Variety Show at Impact Arena at 7 pm. Tickets are 500, 700 and 900 baht at Thai Ticketmaster. Call 02 262 3456.

Reality TV addicts can get an Academy Fantasia fix in Chiang Mai as 11 contestants will appear at V-Reunite Live In Chiang Mai. Tickets are 100, 300 and 500 baht at Thai Ticketmaster. Call 02 262 3456.

October 31

Trick or treat? It�s Halloween today.

In 1926, famous magician Harry Houdini dies from a ruptured appendix. A few days earlier, he had asked someone to punch him as hard as they could in the stomach to prove he was invincible. He wasn�t.