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Today in History: October 27, 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Today in History: October 27, 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2025. There are 65 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at ...

Today in History: October 25, Teapot Dome Scandal conviction

Today in History: October 25, Teapot Dome Scandal conviction By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2025. There are 67 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 25, 1929, former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was convicted of accepting bribes ...

Today in History: 1945, the United Nations officially launches

Today is Friday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2025. There are 68 days left in the year. Today in history: 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 Day. Also on this date: In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England's King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI. In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to ...

Today in History: 1983, Beirut barracks bombings

Today is Thursday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2025. There are 69 days left in the year. Today in history: 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, while a near-simultaneous attack on French barracks in Beirut killed 58 paratroopers. Also on this date: In 1915, an estimated 25,000 women marched on Fifth Avenue in New York City in support of women's suffrage. In 1942, during World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis ...