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Today is Friday, February 27, the 58th day of 2026. There are 307 days left in the year. Today in history: On February 27, 1973, members of the American Indian Movement occupied the hamlet of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women, and children; the occupation would […]
Today is Sunday, February 22, the 53rd day of 2026. There are 312 days left in the year. Today in history: On February 22, 2022, three white men were convicted of federal hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, who was jogging through their neighborhood near Brunswick, Georgia, when he was attacked in 2020. […]
Today is Thursday, February 5, the 36th day of 2026. There are 329 days left in the year. Today in history: On February 5, 1994, white separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, Mississippi, of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers and sentenced to life in prison. Also on this […]
Today is Saturday, January 31, the 31st day of 2026. There are 334 days left in the year. Today in history: On January 31, 1988, Doug Williams, the first black quarterback to play in the Super Bowl, led the Washington Redskins (now Washington Commanders) to a 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos and was named […]
Today is Tuesday, December 2, the 336th day of 2025. There are 29 days left in the year. Today in history: On December 2, 2015, a couple loyal to the Islamic State group opened fire during a banquet for officials in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding 21 others before dying in a […]
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a breakthrough in generative AI that rapidly transformed communications, education, and digital work. In 1982, Michael Jackson’s Thriller debuted worldwide and set new standards in music and multimedia. Barbados gained independence from Britain in 1966 and began its journey as a sovereign Caribbean nation. And in 1939, the […]
Today is Sunday, November 23, the 327th day of 2025. There are 38 days left in the year. Today in history: On November 23, 2005, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia, becoming Africa’s first democratically elected female head of state. She led her country through recovery after emerging from a decade-long civil war. […]
Today is Friday, November 14, the 318th day of 2025. There are 47 days left in the year. Today in history: On November 14, 1970, a chartered Southern Airways plane crashed while attempting to land in West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board, including Marshall University’s football team and its coaching staff. Also on […]
Today is Saturday, November 1, the 305th day of 2025. There are 60 days left in the year. Today in history: On November 1, 1936, in a speech in Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini described the alliance between his country and Nazi Germany as an “axis” running between Rome and Berlin. Also on this date: In […]
