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 is Friday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2025. There are 96 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 26, 1960, the first nationally televised debate between presidential candidates took place as Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon faced off in ...
Today in History: September 25, Military escorts Little Rock Nine into Central High
Today is Thursday, Sept. 25, the 268th day of 2025. There are 97 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 25, 1957, nine Black students who had been forced to withdraw from Central High School in ...
Today in History: September 24, Protesting NFL players take a knee
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 24, the 267th day of 2025. There are 98 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 24, 2017, more than 200 NFL players kneeled or sat during the national anthem after President Donald Trump ...
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 ...
By The Associated Press
Today is Monday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2025. There are 100 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all enslaved people in Confederate states should be freed ...
By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2025. There are 102 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 20, 1973, in their so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in the ...
By The Associated Press
Today is Friday, Sept. 19, the 262nd day of 2025. There are 103 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 19, 2022, Great Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ...
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: 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
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 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 is Saturday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2025. There are 109 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian ...
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 ...
Today in History: Sept. 11, al-Qaeda attacks the United States
By The Associated Press
Today in History
Today is Thursday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2025. There are 111 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers ...
Today in History: Sept. 10, Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination hearings begin
By The Associated Press undefined
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2025. There are 112 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 10, 1991, the Senate Judiciary ...
Today in History: Sept. 9, Attica prison uprising begins
By The Associated Press undefined
Today in History
Today is Tuesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2025. There are 113 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica ...
Today in History: Sept. 8, Ford pardons Nixon
Today is Monday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2025. There are 114 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 8, 1974, one month after taking office, President Gerald R. Ford granted a "full, free, and absolute pardon" to former President ...
Today in History: September 5, Munich Olympics massacre
By The Associated Press undefined
Today in History
Today is Friday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2025. There are 117 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic ...
Today is Friday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2025. There are 117 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing two and taking nine others hostage; five of the militants, a German police ...
