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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 ...

Today in History: Sept. 9, Attica prison uprising begins

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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

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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: Sept. 5: Munich Olympics massacre

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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 in History: 1972, Munich Olympics massacre

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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 ...

Today in History: September 4, the 1949 Peekskill Riots

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Today is Thursday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2025. There are 118 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 4, 1949, more than 140 people were injured following a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, New York, as an anti-Communist mob attacked departing ...

Today in History: 1945, Japan surrenders to end World War II

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Today is Tuesday, Sept. 2, the 245th day of 2025. There are 120 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. Also on this date: In 1666, the Great Fire of London began, ...

Today in History: 1916, Shackelton’s Endurance crew rescued

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Today is Saturday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2025. There are 123 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 30, 1916, on his fourth attempt, explorer Ernest Shackelton successfully returned to Elephant Island in Antarctica to rescue 22 of his stranded crew members, who had survived on ...

Today in History: 2005, Hurricane Katrina strikes Louisiana

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Today is Friday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2025. There are 124 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in southeast Louisiana, breaching levees and spurring floods that devastated New Orleans. Katrina caused nearly 1,400 deaths ...

Today in History: Aug. 27, catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa

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By The Associated Press undefined Today is Wednesday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2025. There are 126 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions. The explosions (which could be heard 3,000 miles away) ...

Today in History: Aug. 25, National Park Service created

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By The Associated Press undefined Today is Monday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2025. There are 128 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 25, 1916, Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act, establishing the National Park Service as an agency of the U.S. ...

Today in History: 1851, first America’s Cup trophy

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Today is Friday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2025. There are 131 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 22, 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup. Also on this ...

Today in History: 1831, Nat Turner launches rebellion

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Today is Thursday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2025. There are 132 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed in retribution in ...