While researching a book on the genetic disorder, a writer learns of possible links between the syndrome and mythological figures.
Though some allege that her birth-control advocacy was racist, her actual words reveal a more complicated picture.
Oct. 16, 1916: Margaret Sanger opens America’s first family planning clinic
Oct. 13, 1925: Margaret Thatcher is born
Oct. 12, 1810: Oktoberfest is held for the first time
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When he died on Oct. 9, 1967, it had nothing to do with his lifelong ailment
Oct. 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire begins
Oct. 7, 1985: Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship and kill an American passenger
Oct. 2, 1890: Groucho Marx is born
Sept. 29, 1913: Rudolf Diesel vanishes at sea
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Sept. 28, 1928: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Sept. 24, 1896: F. Scott Fitzgerald is born
Sept. 23, 1980: Bob Marley plays his final concert
Sept. 21, 1937: 'The Hobbit' is published
Sept. 18, 1975: FBI agents capture Patty Hearst in San Francisco
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