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. Also on ...

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. Also on this date: 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 ...