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On Dec. 3, 1984, a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India, causing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 deaths and ...
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2025. There are 29 days left in the year.
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On Dec. 2, 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of Barney Clark, a retired dentist ...
Today is Monday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2025. There are 30 days left in the year.
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On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The incident sparked a yearlong ...
Today in History: November 28, the debut of the Grand Ole Opry
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On Nov. 28, 1925, the Grand Ole Opry (known then as the ...
Today in History: November 26, Mumbai terror attacks of 2008 begin
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On Nov. 26, 2008, teams of heavily armed militants from the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba ...
Today in History: November 25, John F. Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington
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On Nov. 25, 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington ...
Today in History: November 24, Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
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On Nov. 24, 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of ...
Today is Saturday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2025. There are 39 days left in the year.
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On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was shot to death during a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, riding in the same car as ...
Today in History: November 21, Las Vegas hotel fire claims 85 lives
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On Nov. 21, 1980, 85 people died, most from smoke inhalation, after a fire broke out at the MGM ...
Today in History: November 20, the Mexican Revolution begins
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On Nov. 20, 1910, Francisco Madero led a revolt against Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, marking ...
Today in History: November 19, Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
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On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the ...
Today in History: November 18, more than 900 die at Jonestown
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On Nov. 18, 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan of California and four others were killed on an airstrip in ...
Today in History: November 17, the NFL’s infamous 'Heidi Game'
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On Nov. 17, 1968, the last minutes of a tense NFL matchup on NBC between the New York Jets and the ...
Today in History: November 15, Union troops begin ‘Sherman’s March’
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On Nov. 15, 1864, late in the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William ...
Today is Friday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2025. There are 47 days left in the year.
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On Nov. 14, 1970, a chartered Southern Airways plane crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its ...
Today in History: November 13, 130 die in Paris terror attacks
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On Nov. 13, 2015, Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris at the ...
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2025. There are 49 days left in the year.
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On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States via Ellis Island between 1892 ...
Today is Monday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2025. There are 51 days left in the year.
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On Nov. 10, 1898, a mob of up to 2,000 white supremacists killed dozens of African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina, burned Black-owned businesses and forced the mayor, police chief ...
Today in History: November 8, Florida election recount begins
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On Nov. 8, 2000, a statewide recount began in Florida, which emerged as critical in deciding the ...
Today is Friday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2025. There are 54 days left in the year.
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On Nov. 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won election to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first woman elected to either chamber of Congress.
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