On this day
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Nursing homes set restrictions to lower risks, but Covid-19 has continued spreading in some homes, and residents are now grappling with consequences from isolation.
No matter who wins the presidency, a lot of people are going to be disappointed. Maybe even scared. But it’s no time to act rashly.
Complicated ballot counts and a president’s baseless claims of vote-rigging are two of the challenges facing TV anchors and executives.
How isolation, monotony and chronic stress are destroying our sense of time.
Anxious but determined, Americans are pushing through challenges like the pandemic and long lines to cast their ballot. The country is on course to surpass 150 million votes for the first time.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 28, 2020, covering October 31, 2020.
Taylor Swift
Pop Smoke
21 Savage & Metro Boomin
Juice WRLD
Tom Petty
2020Sean Connery, Scottish actor (born 1930)[†]
Sir Thomas Sean Connery was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Connery originated the role in Dr. No (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions films From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Connery made his final appearance in the franchise in Never Say Never Again (1983), a non-Eon-produced Bond film.
2020MF Doom, British-American rapper and record producer (born 1971)[†]
Daniel Dumile, also known by his stage name MF Doom or simply Doom, was a British-American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Noted for his intricate wordplay, signature metal mask, and "supervillain" stage persona, he became a major figure of underground hip hop and alternative hip hop in the 2000s.
2020Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens its doors after nearly 10 years of delays due to construction issues and project corruption.[†]
Berlin Brandenburg Airport is an international airport in Schönefeld, just south of the German capital and state of Berlin, in the state of Brandenburg. Named after the former West Berlin mayor and West German chancellor Willy Brandt, it is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of the city centre and serves as a base for Condor, easyJet, Eurowings, Ryanair and Sundair. It mostly has flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations as well as a number of intercontinental services.
In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]