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Today in History: October 27
Today in History. October 27. In 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. President Trump visited the synagogue two days later despite requests from synagogue and community leaders that he wait until after the funerals or possibly not come at all. Given Trump’s divisive rhetoric and known relationships with antisemitic groups, it is understandable that the Jewish community of Pittsburgh would take offense at the then-president’s presence in their community. Other things that happened on this date. In 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, was published. In 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down while flying over Cuba, killing the pilot, U.S. Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson. In 1998, Hurricane Mitch cut through the western Caribbean, pummeling coastal Honduras and Belize. the storm caused several thousand deaths in Central America in the days that followed.
Today in History: October 26
Today in History: October 26: This day is marked by three peaceful events in American history, three notorious acts of violence, and two events that highlight the undermining of human rights and the people’s will in the United States. In 1774, the First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia. In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River. In 1881, four lawmen, including Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, exchanged gunfire with five outlaws, killing three of them, at the “Shootout at the O.K. Corral.” In 1861, the legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations, giving way to the transcontinental telegraph. In 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee was shot to death by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Jae-kyu. In 2001, President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act, giving authorities unprecedented ability to search, seize, detain or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists. In 2002, a hostage siege by Chechen rebels at a Moscow theater ended with 129 of the 800-plus captives dead. In 2020, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court by a deeply divided Senate.
Today in History: October 25
Today in History: October 25: In 1929, former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for oil field leases at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and Elk Hills and Buena Vista oil fields in California, becoming the first U.S. cabinet member to be imprisoned for crimes committed while in office. In 1760, Britain’s King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II. In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown went on trial in Charles Town, Virginia, for his failed raid at Harpers Ferry. He was convicted and later hanged. In 1962, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba. Stevenson then presented photographic evidence of the bases to the Council. In 1983, a U.S.-led force invaded Grenada at the order of President Ronald Reagan, who said the action was needed to protect U.S. citizens there. In 2002, Democratic U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota was killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota along with his wife, daughter and five others, a week and a-half before the election. In 2022, Rishi Sunak became Britain’s first prime minister of color after being chosen to lead the governing Conservative Party.
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