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Charlie Kirk
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Charlie Kirk

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Charles James Kirk was an American right-wing political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality. He co‑founded the conservative student organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2012 and served as its executive director until his assassination in 2025. A key ally of Donald Trump, he became one of the most promine…

Killing of Iryna Zarutska
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Killing of Iryna Zarutska
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On August 22, 2025, Iryna Zarutska was killed at the East/West Boulevard station on the Lynx Blue Line, in Charlotte, No…

Assassination of Charlie Kirk
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Assassination of Charlie Kirk
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On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah Valley Universi…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
Petlawad_explosion
An explosion involving illegally stored mining detonators in Petlawad, India, killed 104 people and injured more than 150 others.
2008
Metrolink_(California)
A Metrolink train collided head-on with a freight train in Los Angeles, California, resulting in 25 deaths and 135 injuries; the Metrolink driver had passed through a red signal, having likely been distracted by text messaging.
2003
Typhoon_Maemi
Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.
2003
Steam_(service)
The first public release of Steam, a distribution service for computer games, was made available for download.
1995
Hurricane_Ismael
Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.
1992
Space_Shuttle_Endeavour
Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.
1983
Boricua_Popular_Army
The clandestine Boricua Popular Army staged a bank robbery in West Hartford, Connecticut, making off with $7 million in the largest cash theft in U.S. history at the time.
1977
Apartheid
South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died after being beaten in police custody in Port Elizabeth.
1962
We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon
In a speech at Rice Stadium in Houston, U.S. president John F. Kennedy reiterated an aspiration to land a man on the Moon before 1970 (video featured).
1952
Flatwoods,_West_Virginia
Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while investigating a UFO.

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