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2 people are killed and at least 4 others injured in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, UK, during Yom Kippur.

2025

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A privately owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven.

2019

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The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

2018

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Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.

2016

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President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

2007

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Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.

2006

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The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.

2004

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The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people.

2002

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Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.

1996

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The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.

1996

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Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.

1992

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Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132.

1990

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Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.

1980

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South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election.

1971

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British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63.

1971

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An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.

1970

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Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.

1968

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Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.

1967

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Guinea declares its independence from France.

1958

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World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.

1944

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World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard Curacoa.

1942

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Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the border region of the Dominican Republic.

1937

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The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.

1928

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Ukrainian War of Independence: Mikhail Frunze orders the Red Army to immediately cease hostilities with the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.

1920

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Seven days after suffering a "physical collapse" following a speech in Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson has a catastrophic stroke at the White House, leaving him physically and mentally incapacitated for the remainder of his presidency.

1919

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By plebiscite, the citizens of the Papal States accept annexation by the Kingdom of Italy.

1870

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American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners ensues.

1864

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Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.

1835

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The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.

1789

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American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.

1780

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The Nottingham Cheese Riot breaks out at the Goose Fair in Nottingham, UK, in response to the excessive cost of cheese.

1766

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Russo-Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan.

1552

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The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.

1470

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The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.

1263

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Saladin wins Jerusalem after the city surrendered to his forces following a prolonged siege.

1187

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Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes.

939

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Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.

829

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Michael I Rangabe is proclaimed as Byzantine Emperor, forcing the rival claimant Staurakios to abdicate his claim.

811

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Julius Caesar arrives in Ptolemaic Egypt in his pursuit of Pompey and learns of the latter's death.

-48

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