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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20061002
Author:Dawson, Bill

Byline: Bill Dawson; Staff Writer

OCTOBER

150 YEARS AGO

- Oct. 1, 1856 - The first installment of French author Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" is published in "Revue de Paris." The book is regarded as one of the most influential literary achievements of the 19th century. Text is available at www.litrix.com/madameb/madam001. 75 YEARS AGO

- Oct. 4, 1931 - Dick Tracy, the comic-strip police detective, first appears in the New York News. See www.comicspage.com/dicktracy.

25 YEARS AGO

- Oct. 6, 1981 - Islamic extremists assassinate Egyptian president ...

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