It's the first day of October. It's the International Day of the Elderly and World Vegetarian Day.
On this day in 1568, John Shakespeare (father of William Shakespeare) was elected mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon. Also, the first installment of Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, appeared in Revue de Paris in 1857.
For Halloween, it's Grendel Day! Grendel is the famous monster in Beowulf.
What do writers say?
In Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch wrote of Grendel: "This Grendel bore a charmed life against all weapons forged by man. He lived in the wastelands and nightly prowled out to visit the hall of Hrothgar, carrying off and slaughtering many of the guests."
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