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- M 5.2 earthquake, 86 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, MexicoStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
- Tropical Cyclone WATI-26, Cook IslandsHighest alert now · orange · GDACS
- Typhoon Warning, GuamMost severe US alert · extreme · National Weather Service
- Hurricane TrudyStrongest storm now · National Hurricane Center
- Leap secondIn the news · Wikipedia
- October 2026 Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabian airportsIn the news · Wikipedia
- Navi PillayIn the news · Wikipedia
- Anne CarsonIn 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 · 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 2025 UK9Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
- Kp 5.00 forecastStorm forecast · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
- New Zealand dollar (NZD)Biggest move · European Central Bank
- MonacoLongest life expectancy at birth · World Bank
- The Demi-VirginFeatured today · Wikipedia
- An image of Saint Luke from Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne. Today is the feast day of Saint Luke.Picture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
- Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.On this day, 2019 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Nihilism, the first professional runway show from the British designer Alexander McQueen, was staged in London.On this day, 1993 · Wikipedia, On this day
- At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American athlete Bob Beamon (pictured) achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft) in the long jump event, setting a world record that stood for 23 years.On this day, 1968 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).On this day, 1967 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.On this day, 1963 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Pere Areny, convicted of the murder of his brother, became the last person to be executed by Andorra.On this day, 1943 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The Robert Burns Memorial Statue, the first public statue erected in New Brunswick, was dedicated in Fredericton.On this day, 1906 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Johannes Brahms (pictured) conducted the premiere of his Double Concerto, composed for violinist Joseph Joachim and cellist Robert Hausmann.On this day, 1887 · Wikipedia, On this day
- ... that James Buchanan helped to open talks over buying Alaska by spreading a rumor that Mormons were planning to emigrate there?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that William Ruhlmann of AllMusic thought that the English-language version of "an enormous French hit" seemed to "drag along for most of its length"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Lucy Daniels wrote and completed her debut novel while being treated at a psychiatric hospital?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Julie d'Aubigny, the most well-known 17th-century female fencer, fenced three noblemen in the same evening after kissing the lady whom they were courting?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that small leads were banned from Bonaparte Lake due to mating loons?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Sam Obisanya from Ted Lasso was originally written as a Ghanaian character, but was changed to Nigerian after Toheeb Jimoh was cast in the role?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
- Henri Bergson, French philosopher and theologian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)Born on this day, 1859 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the phonograph (born 1847)Died on this day, 1931 · Wikipedia, On this day
- RJ MitteDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Bo JohanssonDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Robert E. Hall and Michael WoodfordSveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2026 · The Nobel Prize
- FjordNew film this week · Wikidata
- Castlevania: Belmont's CurseNew video game this week · Wikidata