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Today's featured article
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- ... that the Ferrari FF (pictured) was, upon its release, the world's fastest four-seater car?
- ... that a Paralympic gold medalist originally did not know that she qualified for parasports?
- ... that Karan Aujla's Hindi-language single "Tauba Tauba" from the 2024 film Bad Newz became a Canadian Hot 100 top-25 song ahead of the film's release?
- ... that Dani Sanchez-Lopez wanted to be an actor but switched to cinematography after realizing that actors deliver others' lines?
- ... that in UnMetal, the player has to heal any enemies whom they shoot?
- ... that manga artist Shinichi Ishizuka was told that becoming a manga artist would be "absolutely impossible"?
- ... that two Wisconsin radio stations purchased and reassembled the Wisconsin Pavilion from the 1964 New York World's Fair for use as their studios?
- ... that the extension to the Yumeshima Station was originally supposed to be opened in 2008 for when the Osaka Olympics was being bid for?
- ... that Tonia Ko once composed a three-part concerto played on bubble wrap?
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- Yahya Sinwar, the acting leader of Hamas, is killed in a firefight with Israeli forces in Gaza.
- The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Daron Acemoglu (pictured), Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson for their comparative studies of prosperity between nations.
- The Europa Clipper spacecraft is launched to investigate Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter.
- The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo.
On this day...
- 1565 – The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the Battle of Fukuda Bay in Nagasaki.
- 1748 – The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
- 1873 – Renton defeated Kilmarnock 2–0 in the opening match of the inaugural Scottish Cup.
- 1968 – At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American athlete Bob Beamon (pictured) achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft) in the long jump event, setting a world record that stood for 23 years.
- John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter (d. 1361)
- Mehmet Esat Bülkat (b. 1862)
- Maria Antonescu (d. 1964)
- Bess Truman (d. 1982)
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