President Gerald R. Ford

A man in Egyptian army uniform fires a Kalashnikov into presidential reviewing stand where President Anwar Sadat was killed (AP Photo, File)

Today in History: October 6

Today in History: October 6: In 1927, ‘The Jazz Singer’ debuted; In 1973 the Yom Kippur war started when Egypt and Syria attacked Israel; In 1979, Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White House; In 2014, the Supreme Court unexpectedly cleared the way for a dramatic expansion of gay marriage in the United States; In 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated.

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Settlers race into the Cherokee Outlet in the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893

Today in History: September 16

Today in History: September 16: In 1893 the Cherokee Strip Land Run occurred; In 1810, Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla started a rebellion marking the beginning of the Mexican War Of Independence. In 1982, the Sabra and Shatila massacre occurred; In 2018, Hurricane Florence caused flooding across the Carolinas; In 1908, General Motors was founded; In 1966, the Metropolitan Opera officially opened its new opera house;

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Newspapers devoted to the death of Queen Elizabeth II are seen in Manchester, England

Today in History: September 8

Today in History: September 8: Queen Elizabeth dies, President Gerald Ford pardons Former President Nixon, Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana is shot and killed, St. Augustine, Florida becomes first permanent settlement in North America, Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signs Japanese peace treaty and more . . .

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