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« Reply #5726 on: October 25, 2025, 07:41:54 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 
US Invades Grenada (1983)
After a left-wing government took control of Grenada in a 1979 bloodless coup, relations between the tiny Caribbean nation and its neighbors became strained. In 1983, the government was overthrown by radicals from within the same movement. Concerned about Grenada's leanings toward Cuba and the Soviet bloc, the US invaded. World leaders were outraged, and the UN voted 108 to 9 to condemn the invasion.
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« Reply #5727 on: October 26, 2025, 09:23:23 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

USA PATRIOT Act Signed into Law (2001)
Enacted quickly and with little opposition in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the sweeping USA PATRIOT Act dramatically enhanced the powers of law enforcement and intelligence-gathering agencies within the US. The bill has since come under increasing scrutiny and criticism, and aspects of it have faced legal challenges in the courts. After it was renewed in 2006, most of its sections became permanent.
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« Reply #5728 on: October 27, 2025, 07:48:44 AM »
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Turkmenistan Gains Independence from the Soviet Union (1991)
Following Turkmenistan's independence, the head of its Communist Party, Saparmurat Niyazov, became president. He developed a totalitarian cult of personality, isolating the Central Asian nation culturally and politically. Citizens were tested on their knowledge of Niyazov's autobiography and spiritual guide book, the Ruhnama—even on driver's license tests. Niyazov's successor later reversed many of his policies, including the decision to rename the months of the calendar
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« Reply #5729 on: October 27, 2025, 10:31:59 AM »
1505 Ivan the Great Grand Prince of Moscow and Russia dies at 65

1682 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is founded by Englishman William Penn

1795 Pinckney's Treaty [Treaty of San Lorenzo] is signed by Spain and the US, establishing the southern boundary of the US and giving Americans the right to navigate the Mississippi River

1810 United States annexes West Florida from Spain


1871 Democratic leader of Tammany Hall NY, Boss Tweed is arrested after the NY Times exposes his corruption

1938 DuPont announces its new synthetic polyamide fiber is called "nylon"

1941 Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan

1955 "Rebel Without a Cause", directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean and Natalie Wood, is released

1963 Detroit Red Wings right wing Gordie Howe scores 544th career goal in 6-4 loss to Montreal Canadiens, tying Maurice Richard's all-time NHL regular season record

1983 Larry Flynt pays a hitman $1 million to kill Hugh Hefner, Bob Guccione, Walter Annenberg, and Frank Sinatra; Flynt's business manager immediately stops payment; Flynt claims he was just joking

1985 Hurricane Juan ravages US Gulf states & east coast, 49 die

1995 Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore is signed

2006 Joe Niekro, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star pitcher), dies from a brain aneurysm at 61

2013 Lou Reed, American rock singer (Velvet Underground - "Sweet Jane"; solo -"Take A Walk On The Wild Side"), dies from liver disease at 71

2021 Cleveland Guardians men's roller derby team files lawsuit seeking to block MLB baseball Cleveland Indians name change

2022 Elon Musk takes ownership and control of Twitter, immediately fires 4 executives

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« Reply #5730 on: Today at 08:57:50 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 
Harvard College Is Founded (1636)
Founded with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Harvard College was named for its first benefactor, John Harvard. He bequeathed his books and about £780 to the fledgling college. The oldest and one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in the US, Harvard originally trained Puritan ministers. Today, it has the largest university endowment in the US, estimated at more than $25 billion in 2009.
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1858 R. H. Macy & Co opens its first store on 6th Avenue in New York City with gross receipts of $11.06

1886 The Statue of Liberty is dedicated by President Grover Cleveland and is celebrated with the first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City

1891 An earthquake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan, killing 7,300 people

1916 Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot and author of the first manual of air combat (Dicta Boelcke), dies in an air collision at 25

1919 The Volstead Act is passed by Congress, establishing a nationwide ban on alcohol, despite President Woodrow Wilson's veto (the whoors)

1954 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Ernest Hemingway

1962 NY Giants quarterback Y. A. Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs. Washington Redskins in a 49-34 win

1962 Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated

1965 The Gateway Arch, 630 ft (192 m) tall, is completed in St. Louis, Missouri

1973 Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game, setting an NBA record

2006 Red Auerbach Basketball HOF coach 9xNBA Championship and executive dies of a heart attack at 89

2007 Porter Wagoner, American country singer, dies at 80

2015 In the longest first game of Baseball World Series (5 hours, 9 minutes) and joint longest by innings (14), the Kansas City Royals beat New York Mets 5-4


2022 Jerry Lee Lewis,American rock & roll singer-songwriter and pianist ("Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"; "Great Balls Of Fire"), dies at 87

2022 Vince Dooley,College Football HOF coach & AD University of Georgia 1979-2004 dies at 90
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