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On this day

Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.

2021

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The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.

2021

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Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

2019

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The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.

2017

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Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.

2012

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The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.

2011

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A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.

2010

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The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

2008

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Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.

2005

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The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affects the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.

1999

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Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

1997

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Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.

1995

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Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.

1986

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Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.

1986

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An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.

1984

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The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.

1979

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While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially designed umbrella.

1978

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The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.

1977

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The 300-metre (980 ft) tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.

1977

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Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.

1970

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Vietnam Television is established.

1970

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During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.

1965

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Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.

1965

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.

1963

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Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1953

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World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.

1945

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The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 is held.

1945

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A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.

1943

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World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.

1943

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World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.

1942

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Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.

1940

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World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.

1940

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The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

1936

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The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.

1932

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Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.

1929

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The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.

1927

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The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.

1923

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In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

1921

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The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.

1921

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Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they were to serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.

1920

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US federal employees win the right to workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751).

1916

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French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.

1911

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Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Port-Aviation (often called "Juvisy Airfield") at Viry-Châtillon, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life piloting a powered heavier-than-air craft.[better source needed]

1909

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Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

1907

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Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France successfully for the first time.

1906

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The Ottoman Empire launches a counter-offensive against the Strandzha Commune, which dissolves.

1903

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The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.

1901

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In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

1876

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American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

1864

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American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.

1863

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Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.

1860

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Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train.

1857

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The Saimaa Canal is inaugurated.

1856

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Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.

1822

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Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

1818

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French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.

1812

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American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.

1778

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According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).

1776

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Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

1764

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Following the Porteous Riots, a mob storms the Tolbooth prison in Edinburgh and lynches John Porteous.

1736

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The treaty of Baden between the kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire is ratified.

1714

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War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.

1706

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Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.

1695

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Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.

1652

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The Treaty of Southampton makes an alliance between England and the Dutch Republic against Spain.

1625

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The town of Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.

1620

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Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

1571

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Arrival of the so-called Grande Soccorso ("great relief") by Philip II of Spain to the Great Siege of Malta.

1565

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Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.

1303

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Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

1228

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Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

1191

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Cardinal Rolando Bandinelli is elected Pope Alexander III, prompting the election of Cardinal Octaviano Monticelli as Antipope Victor IV the same day.

1159

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Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.

878

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On this day

Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.

2021

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The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.

2021

view article

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

2019

view article

The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.

2017

view article

Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.

2012

view article

The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.

2011

view article

A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.

2010

view article

The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

2008

view article

Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.

2005

view article

The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affects the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.

1999

view article

Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

1997

view article

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.

1995

view article

Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.

1986

view article

Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.

1986

view article

An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.

1984

view article

The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.

1979

view article

While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially designed umbrella.

1978

view article

The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.

1977

view article

The 300-metre (980 ft) tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.

1977

view article

Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.

1970

view article

Vietnam Television is established.

1970

view article

During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.

1965

view article

Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.

1965

view article

The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.

1963

view article

Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1953

view article

World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.

1945

view article

The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 is held.

1945

view article

A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.

1943

view article

World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.

1943

view article

World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.

1942

view article

Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.

1940

view article

World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.

1940

view article

The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

1936

view article

The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.

1932

view article

Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.

1929

view article

The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.

1927

view article

The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.

1923

view article

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

1921

view article

The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.

1921

view article

Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they were to serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.

1920

view article

US federal employees win the right to workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751).

1916

view article

French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.

1911

view article

Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Port-Aviation (often called "Juvisy Airfield") at Viry-Châtillon, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life piloting a powered heavier-than-air craft.[better source needed]

1909

view article

Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

1907

view article

Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France successfully for the first time.

1906

view article

The Ottoman Empire launches a counter-offensive against the Strandzha Commune, which dissolves.

1903

view article

The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.

1901

view article

In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

1876

view article

American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

1864

view article

American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.

1863

view article

Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.

1860

view article

Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train.

1857

view article

The Saimaa Canal is inaugurated.

1856

view article

Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.

1822

view article

Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

1818

view article

French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.

1812

view article

American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.

1778

view article

According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).

1776

view article

Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

1764

view article

Following the Porteous Riots, a mob storms the Tolbooth prison in Edinburgh and lynches John Porteous.

1736

view article

The treaty of Baden between the kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire is ratified.

1714

view article

War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.

1706

view article

Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.

1695

view article

Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.

1652

view article

The Treaty of Southampton makes an alliance between England and the Dutch Republic against Spain.

1625

view article

The town of Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.

1620

view article

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

1571

view article

Arrival of the so-called Grande Soccorso ("great relief") by Philip II of Spain to the Great Siege of Malta.

1565

view article

Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.

1303

view article

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

1228

view article

Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

1191

view article

Cardinal Rolando Bandinelli is elected Pope Alexander III, prompting the election of Cardinal Octaviano Monticelli as Antipope Victor IV the same day.

1159

view article

Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.

878

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Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026)

Every building in the City of Los Angeles, one box per structure, colored by the decade it was built. Watch the city fill in from 1880 to today.

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Trusting-Trust Attack against an Entire Linux Distribution

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2607.24888: Trusting-Trust Attack against an Entire Linux Distribution through Binary Manipulation

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Finding a bug in Dummit and Foote's Abstract Algebra

Finding a Bug in Dummit and Foote's Abstract Algebra with Rocq

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WeatherNext 3

WeatherNext 3 is our most advanced global weather AI model.

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The Dataflow Model Revisited

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Caltech Mathathon – first hackathon ever devoted to research level mathematics

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My practical approach to surfing the web safely

How I use browsers for privacy and security

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This Month in Ladybird – August 2026

Video on Twitch and YouTube, CSS scroll snap, JavaScript debugging, session restore, and a serious push on engine performance with a new style engine.

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Decapitating a MacBook (2025)

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Keep Our Servers Running

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Simple Is Not Small

small programs hide coupling

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Methods for Random Gradients (2024)

An overview of techniques I’ve used to generate random gradient images.

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Macbeth and His Problems

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Replaceable but Employed: Automation and the Meaning of Work

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Academia as a d-index measuring contest

A theoretically-informed academic ranking

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Icy Moons Are Ocean Worlds

The best ice fishing in the Solar System is worth finding

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bzip3

A better and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2. - iczelia/bzip3

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Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world

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Decoding the NEC V20 Microcode

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216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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On this day

Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.

The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the Myanmar civil war.

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.

Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.

The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.

A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.

The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.

The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affects the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.

Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.

Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.

Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.

An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.

The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.

While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially designed umbrella.

The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.

The 300-metre (980 ft) tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.

Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.

Vietnam Television is established.

During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.

Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.

Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.

The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 is held.

A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.

World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.

World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.

Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.

World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.

The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.

Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.

The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.

The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.

Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they were to serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.

US federal employees win the right to workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751).

French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.

Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Port-Aviation (often called "Juvisy Airfield") at Viry-Châtillon, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life piloting a powered heavier-than-air craft.[better source needed]

Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France successfully for the first time.

The Ottoman Empire launches a counter-offensive against the Strandzha Commune, which dissolves.

The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.

In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.

Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.

Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train.

The Saimaa Canal is inaugurated.

Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.

Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.

American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.

According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).