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SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
This Day in History
Scotland Yard
Sir Robert Peel's police force, the "bobbies," began operations at Scotland Yard.
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Word of the Day
panglossian
You and all the fellows in cell block D are getting really tired of prisoner 945-782 and…
Birthday of the Day
Lech Walesa
He worked as an electrician at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk but was dismissed in…
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News of the World
Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 31
A mound of rubbish at a major waste site buried several homes in the capital, the…
Weather of the Day
79 people killed from a single tornado
On this date in 1927, an outbreak of tornadoes across the midwest caused 81 deaths and…
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