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Today's featured article Harper Lee in 2007 To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee (pictured) published in 1960 and considered a classic of modern American fiction. The novel is loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers, and a model of integrity for lawyers. As a Southern Gothic novel and a bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence, but scholars have also noted that Lee addresses the issues of class tensions, courage and compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book, which won a Pulitzer Prize, is widely taught in schools in English-speaking countries with lessons that emphasize tolerance and decry prejudice. Despite its themes, To Kill a Mockingbird has been the target of various campaigns to have it removed from public classrooms. (Full article...) Recently featured: The Birds Tony Hawk's Underground Thunderbirds On this day... October 10 Vidyasagar Setu 1846 – English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune. 1933 – In the first proven act of sabotage in the history of commercial aviation, a Boeing 247 operated by United Airlines exploded in mid-air near Chesterton, Indiana, killing all seven people aboard. 1963 – The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground, went into effect. 1973 – U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion. 1992 – After 20 years of construction, Vidyasagar Setu (pictured), the longest cable-stayed bridge in India, opened, joining Kolkata and Howrah. Mary of Waltham (b. 1344) Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro (b. 1884) Kim Ki-young (b. 1919) Sarah Lancashire (b. 1964) More anniversaries: October 9 October 10 October 11

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