Today is Thursday, Sept. 18, the 261st day of 2025. There are 104 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering champion of women's rights who became the court's second female justice, died at her home in Washington at age ...
Today in History: September 17, U.S. Constitution signed
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Today is Wednesday, Sept. 17, the 260th day of 2025. There are 105 days left in the year.
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On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a ...
Today in History: Sept. 16, Cherokee Strip Land Run
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Today is Tuesday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2025. There are 106 days left in the year.
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On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in U.S. history occurred as more than 100,000 white settlers rushed ...
Today is Monday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2025. There are 107 days left in the year.
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On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. (Three Ku Klux Klansmen were ...
Today is Saturday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2025. There are 109 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian ...
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.
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In 1857, the S.S. Central America (also ...
Today in History: Sept. 11, al-Qaeda attacks the United States
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Today is Thursday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2025. There are 111 days left in the year.
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On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers ...
Today in History: Sept. 10, Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination hearings begin
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Today is Wednesday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2025. There are 112 days left in the year.
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On Sept. 10, 1991, the Senate Judiciary ...
Today in History: Sept. 9, Attica prison uprising begins
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Today is Tuesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2025. There are 113 days left in the year.
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On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica ...
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.
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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: September 5, 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.
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On Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic ...
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 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 is Wednesday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2025. There are 119 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 3, 1783, representatives of the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized U.S. sovereignty.
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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.
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In 1666, the Great Fire of London began, ...
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 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 is Thursday, Aug. 28, the 240th day of 2025. There are 125 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech before an estimated 250,000 people in front of the Lincoln ...
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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: August 26, De Gaulle leads victory march through Paris
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Today is Tuesday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2025. There are 127 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Aug. 26, 1944, French Gen. Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German ...
