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- M 5.9 earthquake, 264 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, RussiaStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
- Drought, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium and 26 moreHighest alert now · orange · GDACS
- Hurricane Force Wind Warning, Kiska to Attu Pacific SideMost severe US alert · extreme · National Weather Service
- Hurricane RachelStrongest of 2 storms now · National Hurricane Center
- 2026 World Rally ChampionshipIn the news · Wikipedia
- 2026 Spanish general electionIn the news · Wikipedia
- 2026 Super League Grand FinalIn the news · Wikipedia
- Flydubai Flight 1073In the news · Wikipedia
- Presidential Message on German American DayNewest official record · White House
- NeonSat-2 to 6Next launch · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- International Space StationOverhead now · ARISS, the station's published two-line elements
- 14 people are in spaceIn space now · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- Asteroid 2025 UK9Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
- Hungarian forint (HUF)Biggest move · European Central Bank
- MonacoLongest life expectancy at birth · World Bank
- History of cricket to 1725Featured today · Wikipedia
- Berries from a Mahonia aquifolium shrub. Focus stack of 19 photos.Picture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
- The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt (pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.On this day, 2008 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Al-Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden.On this day, 2002 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Denouncing corruption in Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa's administration and the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned.On this day, 2000 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming, U.S., dying six days later.On this day, 1998 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi as the first known exoplanet around a main-sequence star.On this day, 1995 · Wikipedia, On this day
- About 200 members of the San Francisco Police Department instigated a police riot in the Castro following a peaceful protest held by the political group ACT UP.On this day, 1989 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London.On this day, 1985 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (pictured) was assassinated while attending a parade in Cairo to mark the eighth anniversary of the Crossing of the Bar Lev Line at the start of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.On this day, 1981 · Wikipedia, On this day
- ... that actress Charlotte Jordan was once in a girl group that she said changed names so many times it was referred to simply as "The Band"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that in 1967 the Cambodian Civil War began with a rebel assault on a Royal Khmer Socialist Youth co-operative farm?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Stephanie Williams wrote a fan comic about Monica Rambeau before writing for the character officially?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that the 2026 Leagues Cup final featured a yellow card just eight seconds into the match?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that "the godfather of reptile smuggling" called himself "a man of mystery somewhat by design"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that traditional dances from England were popularized across Continental Europe by the French?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- Lanterns (TV series)Fastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Robert Kelker-KellyFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Dennis HastertFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Evening star, Washington, D.C.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
- Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (died 1965)Born on this day, 1887 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)Died on this day, 1981 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Eva Marie SaintDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-MareDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg NagelNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 · The Nobel Prize
- Francis HalzenNobel Prize in Physics 2026 · The Nobel Prize
- DiggerNew film this week · Wikidata
- Ace Combat 8: Wings of TheveNew video game this week · Wikidata