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Today is Thursday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2025. There are 76 days left in the year.
Today in history:
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.
Today in history:
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.
Today in history:
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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Today is Friday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2025. There are 82 days left in the year.
Today in history:
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.
Today in history:
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.
Today in history:
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.
Today in history:
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.
Today in history:
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.
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.
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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.
Today in history:
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.
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.
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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 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 ...
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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 ...
