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Asimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine edited by Sheila Williams (pictured) since 2004. It was launched in 1976 under the title Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and was quickly successful, reaching a circulation of over 100,000 within a year. George H. Scithers, the first editor, published many new writers who went on to be successful in the genre. Shawna McCarthy became the editor in 1983, and expanded the range of stories Asimov's was willing to publish. Stories involving sex or violence scandalized some readers, but Isaac Asimov, the editorial director, defended McCarthy's choices in an editorial. McCarthy transformed the magazine into a leading market for science fiction writers, and more award-winning stories appeared, including fiction by Robert Silverberg and John Varley. Gardner Dozois took over as editor in 1985 and multiple award-winning stories appeared during his tenure. Asimov's was acquired by Dell Magazines in 1992, and by Penny Press in 1996. (Full article...)
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- ... that Chen Xiaocui (pictured) helped to translate Sherlock Holmes into Chinese when she was still a child?
- ... that a US$6 plastic crown worn by the Notorious B.I.G. in a photograph featured on the cover of Rap Pages sold for US$594,790 at an auction?
- ... that Randy Huntington coached three athletes to break world records in the long jump, the triple jump, and the 60-metres split?
- ... that despite a mathematical model deeming the ice cream bar flavour Goody Goody Gum Drops impossible, it was still created?
- ... that a song from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was performed by four-year-old Mai Fujisawa, daughter of the film's composer Joe Hisaishi?
- ... that the Harlem Park Three were awarded US$48 million, the largest sum in Baltimore history, after being falsely imprisoned for murder?
- ... that Warren C. Dickerson helped transform the Bronx into an urban extension of Manhattan?
- ... that Batman has extra heavy crude?
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- In motorsport, Kalle Rovanperä (pictured) and Jonne Halttunen win the World Rally Championship.
- A coal mine fire in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan, kills 46 people.
- Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, leaving at least 48 people dead.
- In the United States, 18 people are killed in a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
On this day
November 1: Samhain and Beltane in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively; Rajyotsava (Formation Day) in Karnataka, India (1956)
- 1214 – Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Seljuq Turks captured the important port city of Sinope.
- 1921 - Frances Kyle was called to the Bar of Ireland, becoming the first female barrister on Ireland or Great Britain.
- 1941 – American photographer Ansel Adams (pictured) shot Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, one of his most famous photographs.
- 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.
- 1963 – Lê Quang Tung, loyalist head of the South Vietnam Special Forces, was executed in a U.S.-backed coup against president Ngô Đình Diệm following a period of religious unrest.
- Józef Zajączek (b. 1752)
- Caroline Still Anderson (b. 1848)
- Umberto Agnelli (b. 1934)
- Anthony van Hoboken (d. 1983)
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All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day or Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the church, whether they are known or unknown. In the 9th century, some churches in the British Isles began holding the commemoration of all saints on 1 November, and in the 9th century this was extended to the whole Catholic church by Pope Gregory IV. In Western Christianity, it is still celebrated on 1 November by the Roman Catholic Church as well as many Protestant churches, as the Lutheran, Anglican, and Methodist traditions. This view of the Holy Cross Cemetery in Gniezno, Poland, shows candles and flowers placed to honour deceased relatives on All Saints' Day. It is observed as a public and bank holiday in Poland, the following day also being commemorated in the country as Zaduszki (All Souls' Day). Photograph credit: Diego Delso
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