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October 23, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Pelé, the now retired Brazilian professional soccer player widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, was born on this date in 1940.

October 22, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

Stamp collecting is not the serious hobby it once was, but I want to offer a salute to this pastime that once provided me hours of fascination.

October 21, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Neruda won the Nobel Prize for Literature "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams."

October 19, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The trials formally opened in Nuremberg, Germany, on November 20, half a year after Germany surrendered.

October 16, 2015 By Special to People’s World

October 17 is the 100th birthdate of American author and playwright Arthur Miller.