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- M 6.2 earthquake, 79 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New GuineaStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
- Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26, MexicoHighest alert now · orange · GDACS
- Flood Warning, Carroll, MD, Frederick, MDMost severe US alert · severe · National Weather Service
- Hurricane SimonStrongest storm now · National Hurricane Center
- October 2026 attacks on Saudi Arabia airportsIn the news · Wikipedia
- Navi PillayIn the news · Wikipedia
- Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)In the news · Wikipedia
- Henri B. KaganIn the news · Wikipedia
- Columbus Day, 2026Newest official record · Federal Register
- Starlink Group 15-25Next launch · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- International Space StationOverhead now · 18th Space Defense Squadron via Space-Track.org, retrieved from CelesTrak
- 10 people are in spaceIn space now · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- Asteroid 2026 TP6Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
- Kp 5.00 forecastStorm forecast · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
- Mexican peso (MXN)Biggest move · European Central Bank
- Central African RepublicHighest birth rate · World Bank
- Poecilia vandepolliFeatured today · Wikipedia
- Gotland Grand National 2023. Gotland Grand National has long been considered the world’s largest Enduro competition and was first run in 1984.Picture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
- Twelve people were killed in an apartment-building collapse (pictured) in Medellín, leading to new construction laws being passed in Colombia.On this day, 2013 · Wikipedia, On this day
- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 or 5.9 struck south of Cairo, Egypt, killing 545 people.On this day, 1992 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet.On this day, 1984 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded, reached a worldwide record-low sea-level pressure of 870 mbar (25.69 inHg) in the western Pacific Ocean.On this day, 1979 · Wikipedia, On this day
- While in prison for murder, boxer James Scott defeated Eddie "The Flame" Gregory, a leading light heavyweight.On this day, 1978 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reportedly pounded his shoe on a desk during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in protest at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong.On this day, 1960 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Japan Socialist Party leader Inejirō Asanuma (pictured) was assassinated during a live television recording by a far-right ultra-nationalist using a short sword.On this day, 1960 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Il Canto degli Italiani is adopted as national anthem by the newly formed Italian Republic.On this day, 1946 · Wikipedia, On this day
- ... that Erin Scavino has said that she can get ambassadors fired through art?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that critics compared Escape from Ever After to the Paper Mario series?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Pete Pedro, known as the "Flying Fragment", led U.S. college football in touchdowns?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that more than half of the airplanes at Southbridge Municipal Airport were destroyed when a tornado passed through in 2011?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Marvin Leonard Colker spent 30 years creating the first catalogue of Trinity College Dublin's medieval Latin manuscripts?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that the South Korean TV character Han Ji-pyeong was praised for breaking negative stereotypes of orphans in Korean dramas who age out of foster care?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- Shane GillisFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Lewis KoumasFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Money in the Bank (2026)Fastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Douglas daily dispatch, Douglas, Ariz.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
- Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor and actor (died 2007)Born on this day, 1935 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1844)Died on this day, 1924 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Eva Marie SaintDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Nana PatekarDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Francis HalzenNobel Prize in Physics 2026 · The Nobel Prize
- Henri B. Kagan and Kenso SoaiNobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 · The Nobel Prize
- Anne CarsonNobel Prize in Literature 2026 · The Nobel Prize
- Navi PillayNobel Peace Prize 2026 · The Nobel Prize