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Today in History: October 15, Senate confirms Clarence Thomas despite Anita Hill allegations

Today in History: October 14, Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize

Today in History: October 13, 33 Chilean miners rescued after 69 days underground

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Today in History: October 7, Anita Hill alleges sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas

Today in History: October 4, Soviets launch Sputnik, spark the Space Age

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Today in History: October 3, jury finds O.J. Simpson not guilty of murder

Today in History: October 2, Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising during World War II

Today in History: October 1, man kills 58 in Las Vegas country concert shooting

Today in History: September 30, James Dean dies at 24

Today in History: September 24, Dodgers play final game in Brooklyn

Today in History: September 25, soldiers escort Black students into Little Rock high school

Today in History: September 26, Kennedy and Nixon in first-ever presidential nominees’ debate

Today in History: September 27, Taliban take power in Afghanistan

Today in History: September 28, Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

Today in History: September 29, Munich agreement established, aimed at appeasing Hitler

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Today in History: September 16, George W. Bush says of 9/11 attackers that US will “hunt them down”

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Today in History: September 15, 4 Black girls killed in bombing of Birmingham church

Today in History: September 14, President William McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds

Today in History: September 13, Attica prison standoff ends with 32 inmates and 11 hostages dead

Today in History: September 12, Voyager 1 becomes first man-made object to leave the solar system

Today in History: September 11, the United States comes under attack