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On this day in . . .


1066, the Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier (a high-ranking political advisor or minister ) Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city. The modern State of Israel was created in 1948

1853, the United States and Mexico signed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase

1903, flames swept the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, killing 602 people. The fire led to safety regulations for theaters around the world

1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed

1924, Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies

1936, the United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike

1948, the Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award

1972, the Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam

1977, for the second time, serial killer Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado

1993, Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations

2006, Iraqis awoke to news that Saddam Hussein had been hanged; victims of his three decades of autocratic rule took to the streets to celebrate

2009, a suicide bomber, identified as a Jordanian informant, killed at least eight U.S. civilians, all but one of them CIA agents, at a base in Afghanistan.

2010, Republican Lisa Murkowski was officially named winner of Alaska's U.S. Senate race following a period of legal fights and limbo that had lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job

2011, due to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau

2012, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hospitalized because of a blood clot, the State Department said. The clot, or thrombus, was discovered during a routine MRI while Clinton recuperated from a recent concussion

2014, President Vladimir Putin’s chief political foe, Alexei Navalny, was convicted along with his brother, Oleg, in a fraud case widely seen as a vendetta by the Kremlin, triggering one of Russia’s boldest anti-government demonstrations in years

2018, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes became the second player in NFL history to finish a season with more than 5,000 passing yards and 50 touchdown passes, joining Peyton Manning

2019, Chinese state media said a scientist who had set off an ethical debate with claims that he had made the world's first genetically edited babies was sentenced to three years in prison because of the researc


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Jared Dillian: Ignore all 2021 market predictions --- except this one

Christine Flowers: STOP! the consistent and inexcusable discrimination of biological females in order to make trans women feel better about themselves

John Stossel: 2020's Good News

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