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On this day

Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.

2016

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Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.

2016

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The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.

2009

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Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.

2005

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Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.

2000

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The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.

1999

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Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.

1994

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The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.

1993

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Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

1980

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Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.

1978

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Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60.

1975

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Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.

1970

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The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.

1968

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Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.

1966

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The Flintstones animated sitcom premieres on ABC television.

1960

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The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.

1954

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The Berlin Airlift ends.

1949

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The 1947 World Series begins. It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.

1947

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Pakistan joins the United Nations.

1947

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The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43.

1945

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World War II: the Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.

1944

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The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.

1943

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World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.

1941

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World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

1939

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NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.

1939

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Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

1938

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The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

1938

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American journalists Herbert R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram, Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times start the race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. The race takes 18 ½ days.

1936

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The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.

1935

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The Elaine massacre in Arkansas commences.

1919

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Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeats the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.

1918

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World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

1915

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The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

1909

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The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.

1907

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The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, is established in La Coruña, Spain.

1906

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Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

1888

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Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant, the Vulcan Street Plant, begins operation.

1882

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Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premieres in Paris.

1863

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The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.

1791

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France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly.

1791

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War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia.

1744

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The Lebanese Council of 1736 begins, a major turning point in the reform of the Maronite Church. In the following three days, the assembled Maronite and Latin clergy presided by Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani discuss various reforms and elaborate rules and canons.

1736

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The Venetians under Girolamo Corner take the city of Herceg Novi from the Ottoman Empire.

1687

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A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned.

1551

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Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.

1541

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Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

1520

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Henry IV is proclaimed king of England.

1399

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Battle of Morlaix is fought in the Hundred Years' War.

1342

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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.

1139

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Election of pope Alexander II following the death of pope Nicholas II two months prior.

1061

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The Türgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train.

737

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The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.

489

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On this day

Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.

2016

view article

Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.

2016

view article

The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.

2009

view article

Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.

2005

view article

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.

2000

view article

The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.

1999

view article

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.

1994

view article

The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.

1993

view article

Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

1980

view article

Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.

1978

view article

Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60.

1975

view article

Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.

1970

view article

The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.

1968

view article

Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.

1966

view article

The Flintstones animated sitcom premieres on ABC television.

1960

view article

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.

1954

view article

The Berlin Airlift ends.

1949

view article

The 1947 World Series begins. It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.

1947

view article

Pakistan joins the United Nations.

1947

view article

The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43.

1945

view article

World War II: the Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.

1944

view article

The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.

1943

view article

World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.

1941

view article

World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

1939

view article

NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.

1939

view article

Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

1938

view article

The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

1938

view article

American journalists Herbert R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram, Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times start the race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. The race takes 18 ½ days.

1936

view article

The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.

1935

view article

The Elaine massacre in Arkansas commences.

1919

view article

Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeats the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.

1918

view article

World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

1915

view article

The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

1909

view article

The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.

1907

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The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, is established in La Coruña, Spain.

1906

view article

Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

1888

view article

Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant, the Vulcan Street Plant, begins operation.

1882

view article

Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premieres in Paris.

1863

view article

The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.

1791

view article

France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly.

1791

view article

War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia.

1744

view article

The Lebanese Council of 1736 begins, a major turning point in the reform of the Maronite Church. In the following three days, the assembled Maronite and Latin clergy presided by Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani discuss various reforms and elaborate rules and canons.

1736

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The Venetians under Girolamo Corner take the city of Herceg Novi from the Ottoman Empire.

1687

view article

A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned.

1551

view article

Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.

1541

view article

Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

1520

view article

Henry IV is proclaimed king of England.

1399

view article

Battle of Morlaix is fought in the Hundred Years' War.

1342

view article

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.

1139

view article

Election of pope Alexander II following the death of pope Nicholas II two months prior.

1061

view article

The Türgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train.

737

view article

The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.

489

view article

Show HN: Real-time Solar System with 526k asteroids and all tracked satellites

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NAND-16: a computer built from 277,248 NAND gates

A 16-bit computer built from 277,248 NAND gates. CPU, memory, OS and Tetris, all running on the gates in your browser. Zoom in and watch the signals flow.

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America.gov

Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.

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A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf]

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Needed 1+1, built a functional programming language

A deep dive into converting a simple arithmetic expression into a binary tree, leading to a custom language in C.

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Show HN: A working 3D model of an Enigma machine

Explore 3D Enigma models, follow their electrical circuits and rotor mechanisms, and learn how the machines were used.

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U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels

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Tcl/Tk 9.1

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Phyllotaxis: An audio-reactive LED display

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When oil prices spike, where does the money go?

Who gets all that cash, and what do they do with it?

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Backblaze drive stats for Q2 2026

Explore Q2 2026 failure rates across 354,415 Backblaze drives, plus standout models and emerging CMR, SMR, and HAMR storage technologies.

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Vermont replacing power plants with home batteries

Spread across thousands of ordinary homes, Vermont's virtual power plant has become its largest power source. It's protecting owners from outages and providing cheaper, cleaner energy.

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How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent

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PS5 Relapse Exploit

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We’re forgetting what darkness feels like

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Commodore 64: Mercenary

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GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price

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UnoDOS

UnoDOS — active development (the forward, contract-driven line; master carries the pc64 x86-64/UEFI world). Frozen legacy (archived): hmofet/unodos-3-legacy. - hmofet/unodos

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On this day

Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.

Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.

The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.

Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.

The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.

The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.

Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.

Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60.

Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.

The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.

Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.

The Flintstones animated sitcom premieres on ABC television.

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.

The Berlin Airlift ends.

The 1947 World Series begins. It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.

Pakistan joins the United Nations.

The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43.

World War II: the Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.

The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.

World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.

World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.

Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

American journalists Herbert R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram, Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times start the race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. The race takes 18 ½ days.

The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.

The Elaine massacre in Arkansas commences.

Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeats the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.

World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.

The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, is established in La Coruña, Spain.

Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant, the Vulcan Street Plant, begins operation.

Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premieres in Paris.

The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.

France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly.

War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia.

The Lebanese Council of 1736 begins, a major turning point in the reform of the Maronite Church. In the following three days, the assembled Maronite and Latin clergy presided by Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani discuss various reforms and elaborate rules and canons.

The Venetians under Girolamo Corner take the city of Herceg Novi from the Ottoman Empire.

A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned.

Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.

Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Henry IV is proclaimed king of England.

Battle of Morlaix is fought in the Hundred Years' War.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.

Election of pope Alexander II following the death of pope Nicholas II two months prior.

The Türgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train.

The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.

On this day

Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.

Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.

The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.

Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.