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World (9)
- M 6.0 earthquake, 165 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
- Tropical Cyclone MURASU-26, IndiaHighest alert now · red · GDACS
- Flash Flood Warning, Brevard, FLMost severe US alert · severe · National Weather Service
- El-Sayed and Stevens' Israel and antisemitism feud snarls Democrats' unity push in MichiganMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- 2026 Binance hackIn the news · Wikipedia
- Learjet crashes and erupts into flames in Florida, killing all 9 on boardMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza StripMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Cyberattacks trigger false emergency alerts in Ukraine and RussiaMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- VICH consultation relating to validation of analytical methods used in residue depletion studiesNewest official record · UK Government
Space (4)
- The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)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 2019 XF2Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
Money (2)
- Brazilian real (BRL)Biggest move · European Central Bank
- NigeriaShortest life expectancy at birth · World Bank
History (11)
- Lewis Hamilton overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to become the Formula One World Drivers' Champion by one point.On this day, 2008 · Wikipedia, On this day
- As members of Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko (all pictured) became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space Station.On this day, 2000 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Tropical Storm Linda made landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.On this day, 1997 · Wikipedia, On this day
- A lightning strike ruptured three oil tanks near Dronka, Egypt, causing a flood that killed 469 people.On this day, 1994 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Velma Barfield, a convicted serial killer, became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962.On this day, 1984 · Wikipedia, On this day
- South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm (pictured) was arrested and assassinated in Saigon, marking the culmination of a coup d'état led by Dương Văn Minh.On this day, 1963 · Wikipedia, On this day
- A large number of people witnessed a fiery object in the sky near Levelland, Texas, which the United States Air Force said was ball lightning.On this day, 1957 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ended with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.On this day, 1949 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The Montgomery advertiser, Montgomery, Ala.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
- James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (died 1849)Born on this day, 1795 · Wikipedia, On this day
- George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)Died on this day, 1950 · Wikipedia, On this day
Culture (4)
- Sir Patrick StewartDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- William NordhausDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Other MommyNew film this week · Wikidata
- Phantom Blade ZeroNew video game this week · Wikidata
Curious (11)
- Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleshipFeatured today · Wikipedia
- Saint-Charles Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Quebec City. Today is All Souls' Day.Picture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
- ... that some palaeontologists have suggested that a 16th-century dragon statue's head was inspired by the skull of an extinct woolly rhinoceros?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that the Housing and Development Board of Singapore was criticised by some residents for proposing to paint a set of brick-faced apartments to prevent water leakage?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that the "Brazilian bin Laden" did not know who his namesake was before 9/11?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that IBM initially dismissed the Amdahl 470V as they believed that there was no way to make a profit selling only a CPU?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that a critic said that Susan Ludvigson could "re-create entire worlds out of the clay of language"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Supernatural holds the record for the longest-running American fantasy television series?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- Haley StevensFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Tung Tung Tung SahurFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Gabby WilliamsFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views