Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane...
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Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton, American tennis player
On October 9, 2006, North Korea conducted its first nuclear test, which drew widespread international condemnation and heightened...
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
Maya Angelou
2019 Turkish offensive into northeastern Syria
Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria.
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Maya Angelou
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
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National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust
National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)
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October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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