Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2025. There are 20 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson; his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI.
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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2025. There are 21 days left in the year.
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On Dec. 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel Prize, winning the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate peace in the Russo-Japanese ...
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2025. There are 22 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 9, 1979, scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox, a disease which killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century.
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In 1965, "A ...
Today in History: December 8, U.S. enters World War II
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Today is Monday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2025. There are 23 days left in the year.
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On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan a day ...
Today in History: December 6, 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery
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Today is Saturday, Dec. 6, the 340th day of 2025. There are 25 days left in the year.
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On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ...
Today in History: December 5, Nelson Mandela dies at 95
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Today is Friday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2025. There are 26 days left in the year.
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On Dec. 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first Black president, ...
Today in History: December 4, Terry Anderson freed after nearly seven years as hostage
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Today is Thursday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2025. There are 27 days left in the year.
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On Dec. 4, 1991, after being abducted and held hostage for nearly seven ...
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2025. There are 28 days left in the year.
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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.
Today in history:
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.
Today in history:
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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Today is Friday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2025. There are 33 days left in the year. Today is Thanksgiving in the United States.
Today in history:
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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Today is Wednesday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2025. There are 35 days left in the year.
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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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Today is Tuesday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2025. There are 36 days left in the year.
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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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Today is Monday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2025. There are 37 days left in the year.
Today in history:
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.
Today in history:
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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Today is Friday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2025. There are 40 days left in the year.
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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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Today is Thursday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2025. There are 41 days left in the year.
Today in history:
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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Today is Wednesday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2025. There are 42 days left in the year.
Today in history:
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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Today is Tuesday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2025. There are 43 days left in the year.
Today in history:
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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Today is Monday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2025. There are 44 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Nov. 17, 1968, the last minutes of a tense NFL matchup on NBC between the New York Jets and the ...
