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[red maple]
Here was October, here
Was ruddy October, the old harvester,
Wrapped like a beggared sachem in a coat
Of tattered tanager and partridge feathers.
–Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
[Sunday, October 6, 2019](
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Elisabeth Shue (actress) was born on this day in 1963.
Bette Davis (actress) died on this day in 1989.
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