GlyphSignal — 2020-09-30 Top Wikipedia Reads

2020-09-30

Top reads and historical moments for this date. 6 min read

Proud Boys

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The Proud Boys is an American far-right, neo-fascist militant organization that promotes and engages in political violence. The group's leaders have been convicted of violently opposing the federal government of the United States, including its constitutionally prescribed transfer of presidential power. It has been cal…

Joe Biden

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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. …

Beau Biden

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Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III was an American politician, lawyer, and Army National Guard officer who served as the …

Hunter Biden

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Chris Wallace

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Helen Reddy

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2020 United States presidential debates

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Antifa (United States)

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On This Day

10 events

2019

Martín_Vizcarra

President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional crisis.

2009

Moment_magnitude_scale

A 7.6 MW earthquake struck off the southern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 1,115 and impacting an estimated 1.2 million people.

2005

Jyllands-Posten

The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published controversial editorial cartoons depicting Muhammad, sparking protests across the Islamic world by many who viewed them as Islamophobic and blasphemous.

2000

Killing_of_Muhammad_al-Durrah

Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was shot dead in the Gaza Strip; the Israel Defense Forces initially accepted responsibility but retracted it five years later.

1998

ICANN

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was incorporated.

1982

Cheers

Cheers, an American television sitcom, debuted with its pilot episode on NBC.

1975

Boeing_AH-64_Apache

The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.

1955

James_Dean

American film actor James Dean suffered fatal injuries in a head-on car accident near Cholame, California.

1939

NBC

NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.