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An election for the mayor of New York City was held on November 4, 2025. Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won…

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Mira Nair is an Indian American filmmaker. She has received two prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and four from the V…

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On This Day

10 events
2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian forces captured the city of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine, after six weeks of fighting.
2013
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the CIA acknowledged the existence of Area 51, a secretive U.S. Air Force facility in Nevada and a subject of various UFO, and other, conspiracy theories.
2009
Singer Michael Jackson died as a result of the combination of drugs in his body.
1978
The rainbow flag (original version pictured) representing gay pride was first flown at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade.
1967
More than an estimated 400 million people viewed Our World, the first live international satellite television production.
1960
Two cryptographers working for the U.S. National Security Agency left on vacation to Mexico, and proceeded to defect to the Soviet Union.
1950
The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 82 condemning the North Korean invasion of South Korea.
1950
The Korean War began with North Korean forces launching a pre-dawn raid over the 38th parallel into South Korea.
1944
World War II: U.S. Navy and Royal Navy ships bombarded Cherbourg, France, to support U.S. Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
1940
Second World War: Operation Aerial, an evacuation of nearly 200,000 Allied soldiers from French ports, was completed.

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