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Today in history: Meet the Blind Month

October 2, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Blindness is not the characteristic that defines people or their future.

Hispanic Heritage Month: A Costa Rican poet honors Carlos Bulosan

October 1, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (1913-1956) was a class-conscious English-language Filipino novelist and poet.

Today in history: Ethel Rosenberg born, commemoration in Los Angeles

September 28, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens executed at Sing Sing prison in Ossining, N.Y. on June 19, 1953.

Today in history: Alberto Moravia died in 1990

September 25, 2015 By Special to People’s World

In the same year Italian writer Alberto Moravia died in his Rome apartment at 82, his autobiography, "Vita di Moravia" was published.

Today in history: An era ends in Eastern Europe

September 24, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

On this date in 1990,the Supreme Soviet gave approval to switch to a free market economy, the signal for the GDR to leave the now moribund Warsaw Pact.