- Falls Church resident and cartoonist Kevin Rechin will hold a free cartooning workshop Thursday at ArtSpace from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The workshop is open to all ages.
- City of Falls Church Police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency will help the public prevent pill abuse and theft by collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs on Drug Take-Back Day, Oct. 29, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Falls Church Recycling Center, 217 Gordon Road.
- On this day in 1981, Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Ga.
- On this day in 1997, the U.S. released a redesigned $50 bill.
- If today is your birthday, you share it with actress Ruby Dee (87-years-old) and the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt (153-years-old). Happy birthday!
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