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Keira Knightley
Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 British romance film directed by Joe Wright, based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name. The film depicts five sisters from an English family of landed gentry as they deal with issues of marriage, morality and misconceptions. Keira Knightley (pictured) stars as Elizabeth Bennet, while Matthew Macfadyen plays her romantic interest Mr. Darcy. The film avoided depicting a "perfectly clean Regency world", presenting instead a "muddy hem version" of the time. It was marketed to a younger, mainstream audience; promotional items noted that it came from the producers of 2001 romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary before acknowledging its provenance as an Austen novel. Pride & Prejudice earned a worldwide gross of approximately $121 million, which was considered a commercial success. It earned a rating of 82 percent from review aggregator Metacritic, labelling it universally acclaimed. The film earned four nominations at the 78th Academy Awards, including one for Knightley as Best Actress. Pride & Prejudice has failed to match the cultural impact of the British 1995 television series, though Knightley has become associated with her character among younger viewers. (Full article...)
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The U.S. federal government shuts down non-essential services after it is unable to pass a budget measure.
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (pictured) of Kenya wins the Berlin Marathon in a world record time of 2:03:23.
Over fifty students are massacred by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Nigeria.
Dozens of people are killed in protests against a fuel price hike in Sudan.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change publishes the first part of its Fifth Assessment Report.
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On this day...


October 2: International Day of Non-Violence; Gandhi Jayanti in India

Bust of John Logie Baird
1263 – Scottish–Norwegian War: The armies of Norway and Scotland fought at the Battle of Largs, an inconclusive engagement near the present-day town of Largs in North Ayrshire.
1835 – Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales, Texas, encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia in the Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution.
1925 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (bust pictured) successfully transmitted the first television picture with a greyscale image.
1941 – World War II: Nazi German forces began Operation Typhoon, an all-out offensive against Moscow, starting the three-month long Battle of Moscow.
1996 – A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the static ports of the aircraft caused Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Lima, Peru, due to instrument failure.
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2010 G-20 Seoul summit
The 2010 G-20 Seoul summit was the fifth meeting of the G-20 heads of government to discuss the global financial system and the world economy. It was held in Seoul, South Korea.
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