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Women's traditional caribou skin outfit

The basic outfit of traditional Inuit clothing consisted of a parka, pants, mittens, inner footwear, and outer boots, historically made from animal hide and fur. The Inuit are a group of culturally related indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic areas of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. The most common sources of hide were caribou, seals, and seabirds, although other animals were used when available. The production of warm, durable clothing was a survival skill, passed down from adult women to girls. Preparation of clothing was an intensive, weeks-long process that occurred on a yearly cycle following established hunting seasons. Inuit clothing resembles in many ways the traditional garb of the indigenous peoples of Alaska, Siberia and the Russian Far East. There is archaeological evidence of similar clothing from Siberia that dates from 22,000 BCE, and in northern Canada and Greenland as early as 2500 BCE. (Full article...)

Budge Patty

• ... that according to his brother, Budge Patty (pictured) would not budge?
• ... that Cwmhiraeth's name roughly translates to "valley of longing"?
• ... that Osa Maliki opposed the introduction of the Guided Democracy, and as a result was removed from his position?
• ... that the women's race at today's New York City Marathon will feature two of the medalists from this year's Olympic marathon?
• ... that 125 years ago today, the lifeboat Henry Ramey Upcher rescued the fourteen-man crew of the SS Commodore and three fishermen who had been stranded aboard her?
• ... that the original release of Jason Shiga's comic Demon included a four-page issue, a sixty-page issue, and an issue in which all the panels were black?
• ... that while the Empire of Japan did not actively participate in the Holocaust, they were found to have committed holocausts of their own?
• ... that Citizens Square was almost named after Fort Wayne's Harry Baals?

NRG Park, location of the Astroworld Festival crush

• A crowd crush at the Astroworld Festival (location pictured) in Houston, Texas, leaves eight people dead and hundreds of others injured.
• At least 99 people are killed in a fuel tanker explosion in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
• Damon Galgut is awarded the Booker Prize for his novel The Promise.
• In baseball, the Atlanta Braves defeat the Houston Astros to win the World Series.

November 7

Magic Johnson

• 680 – The Third Council of Constantinople convened to settle the Christological controversies of monoenergism and monothelitism.
• 1775 – Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of the Colony of Virginia, signed a proclamation promising freedom for the slaves of Patriots if they joined the British Armed Forces.
• 1941 – World War II: German aircraft sank the Soviet hospital ship Armenia while she was evacuating civilians and wounded soldiers from Crimea, killing an estimated 5,000 people.
• 1949 – Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.
• 1991 – Professional basketball player Magic Johnson (pictured) announced his retirement from the game because of his infection with HIV.