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1945, the liberation of Buchenwald

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By The Associated Press Today is Friday, April 11, the 101st day of 2025. There are 264 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 11, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. Also on this date: In 1814, ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, partly sunny, with a high near 40. South wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Extended forecast: Friday, sunny, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming north ...

1998, Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement

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By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, April 10, the 100th day of 2025. There are 265 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 10, 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators signed the Good Friday Agreement, a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 20 percent chance of snow showers before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. South wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Tonight, mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Extended forecast: Thursday, partly sunny, with ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, scattered snow showers before 2pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 29. Northwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 19. Calm wind becoming south around 5 ...

1974, Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s home run record

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By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, April 8, the 98th day of 2025. There are 267 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth’s home run ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, Scattered snow showers, mainly before 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Blustery, with a north wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Tonight, a 20 percent chance ...

Today in History: Rwandan genocide begins in 1997

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Today is Monday, April 7, the 97th day of 2025. There are 268 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 7, 1994, a day after the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi died in a missile attack on their aircraft, the moderate Hutu prime minister of Rwanda, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, and her ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Tonight mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. East wind around 5 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Extended forecast: Saturday, a chance of rain and snow showers before 2pm. Mostly ...

1968, Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis

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By The Associated Press Today is Friday, April 4, the 94th day of 2025. There are 271 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, partly sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Extended forecast: Friday, partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph ...

1996, Unabomber arrested in Montana

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By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2025. There are 272 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 3, 1996, Theodore Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was arrested at his remote Montana cabin by FBI agents. Also on this date: In 1860, the ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow before 3pm, then snow and sleet likely between 3pm and 4pm, then rain, snow, and sleet likely after 4pm. Patchy blowing snow between noon and 1pm. High near 38. Breezy, with a southeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation ...

2005, Pope John Paul II dies at 84

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By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2025. There are 273 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol Jozef Wojtyla, died in his Vatican apartment at age 84. The first non-Italian pope in over 450 ...

Today in History

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By The Associated Press Today in history: On March 31, 1968, at the conclusion of a nationally broadcast address on Vietnam, President Lyndon B. Johnson stunned listeners by declaring, “I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Winter storm warning was in effect until 8 Sunday night for Marquette County. Today, partly cloudy, windy. High near 31 and a low of 16. Winds from the northwest at 21 mph. Tonight, mostly clear. Lows 7 to 12 above inland to around 16 at the shore. Northwest winds 5 ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet likely before 9am, then a chance of freezing rain between 9am and noon, then a chance of snow showers after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 32. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of ...

1974, ‘Terra-cotta Army’ discovered in China

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By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, March 29, the 88th day of 2025. There are 277 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 29, 1974, a group of Chinese farmers digging a well struck fragments of terra-cotta buried underground; archaeologists would ultimately discover ...