Nevada Appeal | Wednesday, October 25, 2017 | A15
ARLO & JANIS
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BEETLE BAILEY
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DATEBOOK
BLONDIE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
25
Today is the 298th day of
2017 and the 34th day of
autumn.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In
1971, the U.N. General
Assembly voted to admit the
People's Republic of China as
the country's "official" gov-
ernment, expelling Taiwan.
In 1983, U.S. troops invad-
DILBERT
ed Grenada to secure the
safety of American medical
students on the island and to
overthrow a Marxist regime.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
Georges Bizet (1838-1875),
composer; Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973), artist; Charles
Coughlin (1891-1979), radio
host/priest; Minnie Pearl
(1912-1996), comedian;
BABY BLUES
Marion Ross (1928- ), actress;
Anne Tyler (1941- ), author;
Craig Robinson (1971- ), actor;
Zadie Smith (1975- ), author;
Katy Perry (1984- ), singer.
TODAY'S FACT: Pablo
Picasso's birth name was
Pablo Diego Jose Francisco
de Paula Juan Nepomuceno
Maria de los Remedios
Cipriano de la Santisima
Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. He
was named after a variety of
relatives and saints.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1986,
the New York Mets defeated
the Boston Red Sox in Game
6 of the World Series after a
routine ground ball rolled
between the legs of Boston
first-baseman Bill Buckner,
allowing the winning run and
capping the Mets' 10th-in-
ning, come-from-behind
victory. The Mets won Game
7 two nights later to earn the
championship.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "Every
moment happens twice:
inside and outside, and they
are two different histories."
Zadie Smith, "White Teeth"
TODAY'S NUMBER: 11
age at which violinist Midori
made her concert debut with
the New York Philharmonic.
TODAY'S MOON: Between
new moon (Oct. 19) and first
quarter moon (Oct. 27).