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Today in History: 1967, Marshall joins Supreme Court

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Today is Thursday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2025. There are 90 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall joined the U.S. Supreme Court as its first African American justice; he would serve on the bench for 24 years until his retirement in 1991. Also on ...

Today in History: 1949, Berlin Airlift concludes

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Today is Tuesday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2025. There are 92 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 30, 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end after delivering more than 2.3 million tons of cargo to blockaded residents of West Berlin over the prior 15 months. Also on this ...

Today in History: 1954, Willie Mays makes ‘The Catch’

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Today is Monday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2025. There are 93 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 29, 1954, Willie Mays of the New York Giants made a running, over-the-shoulder catch of a ball hit by Vic Wirtz of the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series; "The ...

Today in History: 1996, Taliban take power in Afghanistan

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Today is Saturday, Sept. 27, the 270th day of 2025. There are 95 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 27, 1996, the Taliban, the extremist Islamic movement in Afghanistan, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, the capital, and executed former ...

Today in History: 1952, Nixon’s ‘Checkers’ speech

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Today is Tuesday, Sept. 23, the 266th day of 2025. There are 99 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 23, 1952, Sen. Richard M. Nixon, R-Calif., salvaged his vice presidential nomination by appearing on television from Los Angeles to refute allegations of improper campaign ...

Today in History: 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies

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Today is Thursday, Sept. 18, the 261st day of 2025. There are 104 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering champion of women's rights who became the court's second female justice, died at her home in Washington at age ...

Today in History: Sept. 17, U.S. Constitution signed

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Today in History: September 17, U.S. Constitution signed By The Associated Press 383 words Today is Wednesday, Sept. 17, the 260th day of 2025. There are 105 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a ...

Today in History: Sept. 16, Cherokee Strip Land Run

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Today in History: Sept. 16, Cherokee Strip Land Run By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2025. There are 106 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in U.S. history occurred as more than 100,000 white settlers rushed ...

Today in History: 1963, Birmingham church bombing

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Today is Monday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2025. There are 107 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. (Three Ku Klux Klansmen were ...

Today in History: Sept. 12, Voyager 1 leaves the solar system

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Today is Friday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2025. There are 110 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 12, 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system. Also on this date: In 1857, the S.S. Central America (also ...