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Today in History: October 31, Indira Gandhi assassinated

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Today in History: October 31, Indira Gandhi assassinated By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2025. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween. Today in history: On Oct. 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi, India’s Prime Minister for more than 15 years, was ...

Today in History: October 25, Teapot Dome Scandal conviction

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Today in History: October 25, Teapot Dome Scandal conviction By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2025. There are 67 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 25, 1929, former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was convicted of accepting bribes ...

Today in History: 1983, Beirut barracks bombings

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Today is Thursday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2025. There are 69 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at the U.S. Marine Corps barracks at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon, ...

Today in History: 1944, MacArthur returns to the Philippines

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Today is Monday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2024. There are 72 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur waded ashore in his return to the Philippines against Japanese forces in World War II, fulfilling a promise he made ("I shall return") after being ...

Today in History: October 16, Cuban Missile Crisis begins

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By The Associated Press 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: 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns

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Today in History: October 10, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns By The Associated Press undefined 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 in History: 2009, Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Today is Thursday, Oct. 9, the 282nd day of 2025. There are 83 days left in the year. Today in history: 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 in History: 1871, the Great Chicago Fire breaks out

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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. Also on this date: In 1956, Don ...