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Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Perry, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, killing over 250 people, causing US$78.7 billion in damage and becoming the deadliest hurricane in the mainland United States since Katrina.

2024

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A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children.

2022

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A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

2014

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The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurs near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.

2010

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Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.

2009

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The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.

2002

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Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.

2000

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The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.

2000

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A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.

1997

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An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

1997

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A Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes into a river near Vanavara, Russia, killing 24.

1994

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A Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159.

1992

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The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.

1984

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Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike, thus preventing nuclear war.

1983

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Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L, intended to launch a crew to the Salyut 7 space station, explodes on the launch pad. The launch escape system is activated before the Soyuz-U rocket explodes, saving the crew.

1983

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A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others.

1980

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Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in Residencial Las Casas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing six.

1978

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In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

1960

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Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.

1959

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The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.

1954

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Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends.

1953

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Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.

1950

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Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".

1942

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Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.

1936

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As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

1933

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The German government calls off the passive resistance to the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr.

1923

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Ukrainian War of Independence: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeats the White Russian Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka.

1919

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World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.

1918

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World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.

1917

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The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

1914

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Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.

1907

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Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.

1905

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A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.

1810

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War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.

1799

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George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.

1789

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American Revolutionary War: British troops capture and begin the occupation of Philadelphia, which had been serving as the American capital city, during the Philadelphia campaign.

1777

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The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.

1688

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Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.

1687

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Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.

1580

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Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.

1493

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Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière.

1423

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Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fight against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.

1371

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Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.

1345

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The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.

1212

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Election of pope Celestine II following the death of pope Innocent II.

1143

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Stephen of Blois's army approaches Oxford, beginning the siege of Oxford.

1142

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William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.

1087

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Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.

715

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Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

-46

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