Doug Bandow, Cato Institute, USA One of America's most significant actors and singers is Paul Robison, born a century ago. An impressive talent who fought against widespread racism, Robison seems to deserve the celebration of his centennial this month. Unfortunately, however, he also has a different, …

On October 25, 1881, Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain - the most expensive and most stolen artist of the last 100 years. His full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso. Picasso is an artist in every …

On October 23, 2001, Apple announced the first version of the iPod. It was a music player with a 5 GB hard drive, compatible only with Macintosh systems. Its announcement came a few months after the release of iTunes, a program that converts audio CDs into compressed audio files and organizes a person's music collection.

On October 21, 1833, Swedish engineer, chemist, and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm. He is remembered in history as the man who invented dynamite and established the Nobel Prize. At the age of ten, Alfred moved with his family to St. Petersburg. At the age of eighteen, he left Russia and went to Paris, where he studied chemistry, …