Today in History: February 11, Nelson Mandela released from prison
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Today is Wednesday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2026. There are 323 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Feb. 11, 1990, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 ...
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2026. There are 324 days left in the year.
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On Feb. 10, 1962, on the Glienicke Bridge connecting West Berlin and East Germany, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy ...
Today is Monday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2026. There are 325 days left in the year.
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On Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles made their first live American television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," broadcast from New York on CBS. The quartet played five songs, including "She ...
Today is Saturday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2026. There are 327 days left in the year.
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On Feb. 7, 1964, the Beatles were met by thousands of screaming fans at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport as they arrived to begin their first American tour.
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Today in History: February 6, Queen Elizabeth II accedes to throne
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Today is Friday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2026. There are 328 days left in the year.
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On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain’s King George VI, 56, died at Sandringham House in Norfolk, England; ...
Today in History: February 5, Senate acquits Donald Trump in first impeachment
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Today is Thursday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2026. There are 329 days left in the year.
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On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump in his first ...
Today in History: February 4, O.J. Simpson found liable in civil trial
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Today is Wednesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2026. There are 330 days left in the year.
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On Feb. 4, 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for ...
Today in History: January 31, US declares public health emergency over coronavirus
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Today is Saturday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2026. There are 334 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 31, 2020, the United States declared a public health emergency over ...
Today is Friday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2026. There are 335 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2026. There are 336 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 29, 2002, in his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening America — and warned of "an axis of evil" consisting of North ...
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2026. There are 338 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 27, 1945, during World War II, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz and Birkenau Nazi concentration camps in Poland.
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In 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus ...
Today is Monday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2026. There are 339 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 26, 2020, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed when their helicopter plunged into a steep hillside in dense fog in Southern ...
Today is Saturday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2026. There are 341 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California, a discovery that sparked the California gold rush.
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In 1835, a ...
Today is Friday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2026. There are 342 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 23, 1870, approximately 200 Piegan Blackfoot tribe members, mostly women, children and older adults, were killed by U.S. Army troops under the command of Major Eugene Mortimer ...
Today in History: January 22, Supreme Court issues Roe v. Wade decision
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2026. There are 343 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared ...
Today in History: January 21, first US case of COVID-19 confirmed
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2026. There are 344 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus ...
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2026. There are 345 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president of the United States, succeeding Jimmy Carter.
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Today in History: January 17, US alcohol prohibition begins
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Today is Saturday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2026. There are 348 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 17, 1920, prohibition of alcohol began in the United States as the Volstead Act went into ...
Today in History: January 16, Bush announces Operation Desert Storm
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Today is Friday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2026. There are 349 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 16, 1991, in a televised address to the nation, U.S. President George H.W. Bush ...
Today in History: January 15, US Airways jet makes emergency landing in Hudson River
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2026. There are 350 days left in the year.
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On Jan. 15, 2009, US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger landed ...
