Tag: today-in-history
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Today in History: September 17, U.S. Constitution signed
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 17, the 260th day of 2025. There are 105 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Also on this date: In 1862, more than 3,600…
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Today in History: September 16, Cherokee Strip Land Run
Today is Tuesday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2025. There are 106 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in U.S. history occurred as more than 100,000 white settlers rushed to claim overmore than 6 million acres of land in what is now northern Oklahoma.…
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Today in History: September 15, Birmingham church bombing
Today is Monday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2025. There are 107 days left in the year. Today in history: 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 eventually convicted for…
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Today in History: September 14, Roosevelt becomes youngest US president
Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2025. There are 108 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days prior; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him, becoming the youngest-ever…
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Today in History: September 13, Rabin and Arafat sign Oslo Accord
Today in History 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 autonomy. Also on this…
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Today in History: September 12, Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
Today in History 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. Also on this date: In 1857, the S.S. Central America…
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Today in History: September 11, al-Qaeda attacks the United States
Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2025. There are 111 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York’s World Trade Center, one into…
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Today in History: September 10, Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination hearings begin
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2025. There are 112 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 10, 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The proceedings would become a watershed moment in the discussion…
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Today in History: September 9, Attica prison uprising begins
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2025. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements to inmate treatment and living conditions.…