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🎩 100 years ago on Halloween, legendary escape artist Harry Houdini passed away. A firm believer in the afterlife, he and his wife made a pact to try to communicate from beyond — a mystery that still captivates fans today.

💻 50 years ago, a young Steve Wozniak designed the Apple I — an 8-bit computer that became the company's first product and the foundation of what would grow into one of the world's biggest tech companies. Big things really do start small.

🎃 Happy National Pumpkin Day! Whether it's in a pie, a latte, or carved on the porch, today's the day to celebrate everyone's favorite fall gourd.

🎵 25 years ago, Apple unveiled the iPod, promising '1,000 songs in your pocket.' It changed the way the world listened to music forever.

🗽 About 400 years ago, Dutch settlers laid out a small fur-trading post at the southern tip of Manhattan called New Amsterdam. It would grow into one of the greatest cities in the world: New York City.

🎸 Happy 100th birthday to Chuck Berry! Born October 18, 1926, the 'Father of Rock and Roll' gave us the riffs that built a genre. Go ahead, play a little Johnny B. Goode today.

📺 Lights, camera, Lucy! On October 15, 1951, I Love Lucy premiered on CBS and changed television comedy forever. Decades later, we're still laughing.

🍯 On this day in 1926, A.A. Milne introduced the world to a certain 'bear of very little brain.' A century later, Winnie-the-Pooh is still teaching us that friendship (and a little honey) can get you through anything.

📖 150 years ago, Mark Twain gave the world The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, inventing the everlasting myth of the mischievous American boy running wild along the Mississippi. Have you read it lately?

🍅 150 years of squeeze! Back in 1876, Henry Heinz introduced the ketchup recipe that would go on to become an American staple. Fries, burgers, eggs — some things never go out of style.