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Lech Walesa, former leader of Poland's Solidarity movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate listens to the shortwave broadcast from Oslo

Today in History: October 5

:Today in History: October 5: In 1983, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize; In 1892, the Dalton Gang was practically wiped out; In 1947, President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised White House address; In 2011, Steve Jobs, the Apple founder, died.

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Tadeusz Rajszczak 'Maszynka', Ryszard Michał Lach, and one other young soldier from 'Miotła' Battalion in Warsaw Uprising

Today in History: October 2

oday in History: October 2: In 1944, German troops crushed the 2-month-old Warsaw Uprising; In 1967, Thurgood Marshall joined the U.S. Supreme Court; In 2006, an armed milk truck driver took a group of girls hostage in an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania; In 2016, Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster Vin Scully signed off for the last time; In 2018, journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudi Arabian officials

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