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M 5.2 earthquake, 71 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, TongaStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
Drought, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium and 26 moreHighest alert now · orange · GDACS
Freeze Warning, YorkMost severe US alert · severe · National Weather Service
Hurricane TrudyStrongest storm now · National Hurricane Center
2026 French student protestsIn the news · Wikipedia
Leap secondIn the news · Wikipedia
October 2026 Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabian airportsIn the news · Wikipedia
Navi PillayIn the news · Wikipedia
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Democratic Republic of the CongoNewest official record · Federal Register
Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)Next launch · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
International Space StationOverhead now · ARISS, the station's published two-line elements
10 people are in spaceIn space now · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
Asteroid 2025 UK9Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
Kp 4.67 forecastStrongest forecast · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
New Zealand dollar (NZD)Biggest move · European Central Bank
LuxembourgHighest GDP per person · World Bank
Ancient Cappadocian languageFeatured today · Wikipedia
Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal tiger) in Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaPicture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.On this day, 2017 · Wikipedia, On this day
British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.On this day, 2013 · Wikipedia, On this day
Hurricane Wilma (pictured) became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).On this day, 2005 · Wikipedia, On this day
The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.On this day, 1988 · Wikipedia, On this day
Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.On this day, 1987 · Wikipedia, On this day
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent on Black Monday, the largest one-day percentage decline in the stock market index's history.On this day, 1987 · Wikipedia, On this day
A group of ethnic Hutu military officers failed in their attempt to overthrow the Burundian government.On this day, 1965 · Wikipedia, On this day
Vietnam War: The Siege of Plei Me began with the first major confrontation between soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army and the U.S. Army.On this day, 1965 · Wikipedia, On this day
... that paintings of Venice by William Henry Haines were passed off as the work of old Italian masters like Canaletto?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that the 7,257-foot (2,212 m) Mount Bonaparte had a cistern hand-carved into its granite summit in 1929?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that a Metropolitan Police detective called Chao Xu "one of the most prolific sexual predators" whom they had investigated?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that, during the siege of Rome, the Goths told the citizens of Rome that its Byzantine defenders had previously visited Italy only as actors and thieving sailors?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that actor Octavian Cotescu was serving in the Romanian communist legislature when he appeared in a production of Master and Margarita, alongside his topless wife?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that the first woman to climb Mount Everest wore a Favre-Leuba watch while doing so?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
The Milwaukee leader, Milwaukee, Wis.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)Born on this day, 1899 · Wikipedia, On this day
Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)Died on this day, 1937 · Wikipedia, On this day
Bo JohanssonDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
Cliff HaganDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
FjordNew film this week · Wikidata
Castlevania: Belmont's CurseNew video game this week · Wikidata