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- M 5.3 earthquake, central Mid-Atlantic RidgeStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
- Drought, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium and 26 moreHighest alert now · orange · GDACS
- Flood Watch, Geneva, Houston, North Walton and 45 moreMost severe US alert · severe · National Weather Service
- Hurricane RachelStrongest storm now · National Hurricane Center
- 2026 Super League Grand FinalIn the news · Wikipedia
- Flydubai Flight 1073In the news · Wikipedia
- 2026 Bangkok floodsIn the news · Wikipedia
- 2026 Moroccan general electionIn the news · Wikipedia
- President Trump and Republicans Are Delivering Real Results for NebraskaNewest official record · White House
- SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer ANext launch · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- International Space StationOverhead now · 18th Space Defense Squadron via Space-Track.org, retrieved from CelesTrak
- 14 people are in spaceIn space now · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- Asteroid 2025 UK9Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
- Kp 4.00 forecastStrongest forecast · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
- Brazilian real (BRL)Biggest move · European Central Bank
- NigeriaShortest life expectancy at birth · World Bank
- White-headed fruit doveFeatured today · Wikipedia
- Twin mills (front: green mill, 1856; rear: red mill or Schoof’s mill, 1706), Greetsiel, Krummhörn, Lower Saxony, GermanyPicture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
- Formula One racing driver Jules Bianchi crashed at the Japanese Grand Prix, sustaining fatal head injuries that would kill him the following year.On this day, 2014 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked and their crews murdered on a stretch of the Mekong River in far northern Thailand.On this day, 2011 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Colour revolutions: During protests over irregularities in the Yugoslavian general election, a wheel-loader was driven into the Radio Television of Serbia building, giving the protests the nickname "Bulldozer Revolution".On this day, 2000 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Two trains collided head-on in Ladbroke Grove, London, killing 31 people, injuring 417, and severely damaging public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system.On this day, 1999 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Swiss police found the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.On this day, 1994 · Wikipedia, On this day
- During the United States vice-presidential debate, Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen told his opponent Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."On this day, 1988 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Eugene Hasenfus's plane was shot down by Nicaraguan forces while carrying weapons to the Contra rebels on behalf of the U.S. government; he was subsequently captured, leading to an international controversy.On this day, 1986 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The U.S. suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main economic support for South Vietnam, in response to the oppression of Buddhists by President Ngô Đình Diệm (pictured).On this day, 1963 · Wikipedia, On this day
- ... that a California county government building inspired elements of Naboo in the Star Wars prequel trilogy?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Toribia Álvaro became a candidate for the Bolivian parliament because no other women of the Uru of Lake Poopó were willing to run?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Mark Twain said that the Charlton Public Library banning one of his books was "not of the slightest interest to him"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Dutch painter Henry van Velthuysen dismissed a contemporary's works as "infantile construction-kit shapes"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that the spirit Ti Jean, a one-legged cannibal highwayman, evokes colonial fear of maroons?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that abolitionist Alba Honeywell said he sold the first published copy of anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- Dakota JohnsonFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Sass JordanFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- 2026 Brazilian general electionFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views