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Today in History: October 24, the United Nations is officially born

The Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’ turns 50; How US fans embraced a rock opera on British youth culture

Today in History: October 23, Beirut truck bombing kills 241 US service members

Today in History: October 22, JFK reveals Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba

Today in History: October 21, Thomas Edison perfects a workable electric light

Today in History: October 20, 3 members of Lynyrd Skynyrd killed in plane crash

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Today in History: October 19, U.S. military begins accepting openly gay recruits

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Today in History: October 18, U.S. takes possession of Alaska from Russia

Today in History: October 17, Albert Einstein arrives in the U.S. as a refugee from Nazi Germany

Today in History: October 16, Cuban missile crisis begins

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

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