Today is Friday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2025. There are 68 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations formally came into existence as the Charter of the United Nations, ratified by 51 nations, took effect. The date is now observed as United Nations ...
Today is Thursday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2025. There are 69 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at the U.S. Marine Corps barracks at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon, ...
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Today is Wednesday, Oct. 22, the 295th day of 2025. There are 70 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 22, 2012, cyclist Lance Armstrong was formally stripped of his seven Tour de France victories and received a lifetime ban from Olympic sports ...
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2025. There are 71 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 21, 2014, Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide for shooting and killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The conviction was later upgraded to ...
Today is Monday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2024. There are 72 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur waded ashore in his return to the Philippines against Japanese forces in World War II, fulfilling a promise he made ("I shall return") after being ...
Today in History: October 18, ‘Mr. October’ hits three homers to clinch World Series
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On Oct. 18, 1977, Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in Game 6 of the ...
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On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of Soviet ...
Today in History: October 14, Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier
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Today is Tuesday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2025. There are 78 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound ...
Today is Saturday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2025. There are 81 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 11, 1991, Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee; Thomas denounced the proceedings as a ...
Today in History: October 10, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns
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On Oct. 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, ...
Today is Thursday, Oct. 9, the 282nd day of 2025. There are 83 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 9, 2009, President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and ...
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2025. There are 84 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire began; more than 300 people died and more than 17,000 structures were destroyed during the three-day blaze.
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In 1956, Don ...
Today in History: October 7, surprise attacks spark Israel-Hamas War
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 7, the 280th day of 2025. There are 85 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants launched air and ground attacks on Israel, killing nearly 1,200 and taking more ...
Today is Monday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2025. There are 86 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad while reviewing a military parade.
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In 1927, the era of talking ...
Today is Saturday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2025. There are 88 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit.
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In 1777, Gen. George Washington’s troops ...
Today is Friday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2025. There are 89 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 3, 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a reunified country.
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In 1944, during World War II, U.S. ...
Today is Thursday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2025. There are 90 days left in the year.
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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.
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Today in History: October 1, Las Vegas music festival shooting
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2025. There are 91 days left in the year.
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On Oct. 1, 2017, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a gunman opened fire from a room at the high-rise ...
Today is Tuesday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2025. There are 92 days left in the year.
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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.
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Today is Monday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2025. There are 93 days left in the year.
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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 ...
