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Record 11092026 · captured 2026-09-12

Friday, 11 September 2026

The world looked up Barry Melrose. 30 tracked subjects, 25 discussions, 25 papers. This record is frozen and will not change.

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Attention 30

What the most people looked up, ranked by Wikipedia pageviews for that day.

  1. 238,858views

    Barry Melrose

    Barry James Melrose was a Canadian and American professional ice hockey player, coach and broadcaster. He played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) and National Hockey League (NHL). After retiring from playing, he became a head coach for the Los Angeles Kin

  2. 234,973views

    Drew Lock

    Paul Andrew Lock is an American professional football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Missouri Tigers and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2019 NFL draf

  3. 223,622views

    Charlie Kirk

    Charles James Kirk was an American right-wing political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality. He co‑founded the conservative student organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2012 and served as its executive director until his assassination in 2025. A

  4. 207,181views

    Killing of the Clancy children

    On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy fatally strangled her three children—five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan—at the family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. She then attempted suicide by cutting her wrists and n

  5. 199,553views

    Assassination of Charlie Kirk

    On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, while speaking at an outdoor campus debate planned by Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization he co-founded

  6. 162,804views

    Elizabeth Holmes

    Elizabeth Anne Holmes is an American businesswoman convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos. Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing

  7. 158,508views

    September 11 attacks

    The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. A total of 19 hijackers commandeered four commercial passenger airl

  8. 151,390views

    Mike McFarland

    Michael McFarland was an American voice actor, ADR director, script writer and line producer who worked on English dubs of Japanese anime. He was known as the original English voice of Master Roshi and Yajirobe in Funimation's dubs of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ba

  9. 149,476views

    Sabah FK (Azerbaijan)

    Sabah Futbol Klubu is a professional football club based in Masazir, Azerbaijan. The team has played in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top tier of Azerbaijani football league system, since the 2018–19 season. Its home ground is the Bank Respublika Arena in

  10. 138,742views

    List of songs recorded by Bruce Springsteen

    Bruce Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter who has recorded almost 400 songs over a career lasting six decades. He began his career in the 1960s with local New Jersey bands the Castiles, Earth, and Steel Mill before embarking on a solo career and signi

  11. 137,072views

    Deaths in 2026

    The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality, what subject was

  12. 121,267views

    .xyz

    .xyz is a top-level domain name that was proposed in ICANN's new generic top-level domain (gTLD) Program for consisting of the last three letters of the Latin-script alphabet. XYZ.com and CentralNic are the registries for the domain, which was created by entre

  13. 114,546views

    Hanuman Ansh

    Hanuman Ansh is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language biographical devotional drama film written, directed, and produced by Dr Vishal Chaturvedi under his banner, Swambhu Media Network. The film is the first instalment of the film trilogy based on his book "Divine Deto

  14. 92,823views

    Ben Shelton

    Benjamin Todd Shelton is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 5 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in November 2025. Shelton has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, including two Masters 1

  15. 92,062views

    Mirzapur (film)

    Mirzapur: The Movie is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language action crime thriller film directed by Gurmeet Singh and written by Puneet Krishna. Produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under Excel Entertainment, the film stars Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyennd

  16. 90,335views

    Neatsville, Kentucky

    Neatsville is an unincorporated community in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 206 and Kentucky Route 76. Its elevation is 705 feet (215 m). For unknown reasons, the town's name was spelled as Neetsvil

  17. 78,931views

    The Gentlemen (2024 TV series)

    The Gentlemen is a black comedy crime drama television series created by Guy Ritchie for Netflix. It is a spin-off of Ritchie's 2019 film of the same name, taking place in its fictional universe and sharing thematic connections but following a standalone story

  18. 74,022views

    Sandra Bullock

    Sandra Annette Bullock is an American and German actress and film producer. The world's highest-paid actress of 2010 and 2014, Bullock's filmography spans both comedy and drama, and her accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actor

  19. 73,730views

    Bayeux Tapestry

    The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long and 50 centimetres tall that depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England, led by William, Duke of Normandy, and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It has been known by several n

  20. 71,692views

    John Ternus

    John Patrick Ternus is an American engineer and business executive who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple since September 1, 2026. He is also a member of the company's board of directors. Ternus joined Apple's product design team in 2001 and w

  21. 70,683views

    Anna's Archive

    Anna's Archive is an open source search engine for shadow libraries that was launched by the pseudonymous Anna shortly after law enforcement efforts to shut down Z-Library in 2022. The site aggregates records from Z-Library, Sci-Hub, and Library Genesis (LibGe

  22. 69,840views

    Shailene Woodley

    Shailene Diann Woodley is an American actress. Known for her work on screen and stage, her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and a Trophée Chopard, in addition to nominations for two Actor Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and two Golden Globes.

  23. 69,021views

    Drake Maye

    Drake Lee Maye is an American professional football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning the Shaun Alexander Award and ACC Football Player of the Ye

  24. 63,820views

    Toxic (2026 film)

    Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups is a 2026 Indian psychological thriller gangster film directed by Geetu Mohandas and jointly produced by Venkat K. Narayana and Yash through KVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations respectively. It stars Yash, Kiara Advani,

  25. 62,383views

    Navier–Stokes equations

    The Navier–Stokes equations describe the motion of viscous fluids. This system of partial differential equations was named after Claude-Louis Navier and George Gabriel Stokes, who developed them over a few decades of progressive work, from 1822 (Navier) to 184

  26. 62,213views

    G. D. Naidu

    Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu was an Indian innovator, inventor, industrialist, and educator. He redesigned and transformed imported technologies into practical and affordable innovations for India, and is widely regarded as a versatile genius. His contribution

  27. 62,047views

    Theo James

    Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis is an English actor and producer. He gained recognition for playing Tobias Eaton in The Divergent Series (2014–2016). He has starred in the horror films Underworld: Awakening (2012) and Underworld: Blood Wars (2016), the

  28. 60,830views

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a 2026 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Pascal Pictures, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the 38th film in the Marvel Cinem

  29. 58,554views

    Jacob Coxon

    Jacob Coxon is a British technology researcher who previously worked at artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic. In September 2026, Coxon resigned from Anthropic, citing fears that artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity.

  30. 56,800views

    Aryna Sabalenka

    Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA and is a former No. 1 in doubles. Sabalenka has won 24 career singles titles, including four majors—two each at the Australian

Frontier 25

What the people building things argued about, from Hacker News.

  1. 875points

    A misalignment of AI in mathematics

    853 comments

  2. 785points

    Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

    366 comments

  3. 663points

    OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems

    376 comments

  4. 638points

    Claude is only available to people over 18 years

    626 comments

  5. 495points

    I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots

    260 comments

  6. 452points

    The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution

    318 comments

  7. 432points

    Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?

    325 comments

  8. 379points

    Mexican student creates an acoustic fire extinguisher to put out fire in seconds

    131 comments

  9. 375points

    Houthis 'take control' of key island in global shipping route

    657 comments

  10. 349points

    Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants

    317 comments

  11. 324points

    The Waymo effect: how AI is quietly making research less collaborative

    297 comments

  12. 270points

    GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released

    194 comments

  13. 262points

    HuggingFace: Security.txt

    68 comments

  14. 261points

    Measuring the sloppiness of code

    227 comments

  15. 221points

    Cherenkov Radiation

    101 comments

  16. 189points

    Show HN: Hacker News, without AI

    85 comments

  17. 186points

    Show HN: Hacker News, Without AI

    79 comments

  18. 181points

    Rune is now open source

    57 comments

  19. 172points

    Feeling Sad about AI

    280 comments

  20. 169points

    Room 641A

    61 comments

  21. 161points

    RTK reports token savings, but our cost benchmarks disagree

    80 comments

  22. 154points

    Mind-altering drugs played key role in rise of Andean civilization

    102 comments

  23. 154points

    Global Glacier Extinction Explorer

    57 comments

  24. 145points

    A Misalignment of AI in Mathematics

    10 comments

  25. 141points

    Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he's back in control after ouster

    138 comments

Research 25

Papers submitted to arXiv cs.AI that day.

  1. arXiv2001.03346

    Time-Varying Graph Learning with Constraints on Graph Temporal Variation

    We propose a novel framework for learning time-varying graphs from spatiotemporal measurements. Given an appropriate prior on the temporal behavior of signals, our proposed method can estimate time-varying graphs from a small number of available measurements. To achieve this, we introduce three regularization terms in convex optimization problems that constrain the sparseness of temporal variations of the time-varyin

    Yokota, Haruki, Yamada, Koki, Tanaka, Yuichi, Ortega, Antonio

  2. arXiv2303.09136

    A Short Survey of Viewing Large Language Models in Legal Aspect

    Large language models (LLMs) have transformed many fields, including natural language processing, computer vision, and reinforcement learning. These models have also made a significant impact in the field of law, where they are being increasingly utilized to automate various legal tasks, such as legal judgement prediction, legal document analysis, and legal document writing. However, the integration of LLMs into the

    Sun, Zhongxiang

  3. arXiv2308.01030

    Optimizing Three Critical Factors for Practical and Effective OOD Detection Fine-Tuning

    In out-of-distribution (OOD) detection, fine-tuning with auxiliary outlier data often improves detection performance at the cost of classification accuracy. This trade-off stems from the loss of the original in-distribution (ID) distribution during fine-tuning. To establish a more practical and effective paradigm, we optimize three critical factors: model reminder, data sampling, and representation learning. We propo

    Choi, Hyunjun, Chung, JaeHo, Jeong, Hawook

  4. arXiv2310.10092

    Label Differential Privacy via Aggregation

    This paper explores the use of linear aggregation to protect the privacy of sensitive training labels through the concept of \emph{label differential privacy} (label-DP) while maintaining regression task utility. Our key finding is that weighted linear aggregation of training instances with i.i.d. $N(0, 1)$ weights can achieve $(\varepsilon, δ)$-label-DP with $m = O\left(n/(\log(1/δ))\right)$. Unlike prior methods, o

    Brahmbhatt, Anand, Saket, Rishi, Havaldar, Shreyas, Nasery, Anshul et al.

  5. arXiv2403.11169

    Customized large language models can outperform Community Notes in correcting misinformation

    Addressing misinformation in real-world settings is challenging: content is often multimodal; factuality judgments are nuanced and context-dependent; new events emerge rapidly across domains; corrections must be timely, trustworthy, and politically impartial; and multidimensional, multistakeholder frameworks remain lacking. Crowdsourced fact-checking systems such as Community Notes have gained broad adoption, but tim

    Zhou, Xinyi, Sharma, Ashish, Zhang, Amy X., Althoff, Tim

  6. arXiv2403.19448

    Fisher-Rao Gradient Flows of Linear Programs and State-Action Natural Policy Gradients

    Kakade's natural policy gradient method has been studied extensively in recent years, showing linear convergence with and without regularization. We study another natural gradient method based on the Fisher information matrix of the state-action distributions which has received little attention from the theoretical side. Here, the state-action distributions follow the Fisher-Rao gradient flow inside the state-act

    Müller, Johannes, Çaycı, Semih, Montúfar, Guido

  7. arXiv2404.13381

    DNA: Differentially private Neural Augmentation for contact tracing

    The COVID19 pandemic had enormous economic and societal consequences. Contact tracing is an effective way to reduce infection rates by detecting potential virus carriers early. However, this was not generally adopted in the recent pandemic, and privacy concerns are cited as the most important reason. We substantially improve the privacy guarantees of the current state of the art in decentralized contact tracing. Wher

    Romijnders, Rob, Louizos, Christos, Asano, Yuki M., Welling, Max

  8. arXiv2406.04163

    Optimal Rates of Convergence for Entropy Regularization in Discounted Markov Decision Processes

    We study the error introduced by entropy regularization in infinite-horizon discrete discounted Markov decision processes. We show that this error decreases exponentially in the inverse regularization strength, both in a weighted KL-divergence and in value with a problem-specific exponent. This is in contrast to previously known estimates, of the order $O(τ)$, where $τ$ is the regularization strength. We provide a lo

    Müller, Johannes, Cayci, Semih

  9. arXiv2406.10015

    Gradient-based Learning in State-based Potential Games for Self-Learning Production Systems

    In this paper, we introduce novel gradient-based optimization methods for state-based potential games (SbPGs) within self-learning distributed production systems. SbPGs are recognised for their efficacy in enabling self-optimizing distributed multi-agent systems and offer a proven convergence guarantee, which facilitates collaborative player efforts towards global objectives. Our study strives to replace conventional

    Yuwono, Steve, Löppenberg, Marlon, Schwung, Dorothea, Schwung, Andreas

  10. arXiv2407.03900

    Oracle Bone Inscriptions Multi-modal Dataset

    Oracle bone inscriptions(OBI) is the earliest developed writing system in China, bearing invaluable written exemplifications of early Shang history and paleography. However, the task of deciphering OBI, in the current climate of the scholarship, can prove extremely challenging. Out of the 4,500 oracle bone characters excavated, only a third have been successfully identified. Therefore, leveraging the advantages of ad

    Li, Bang, Luo, Donghao, Liang, Yujie, Yang, Jing et al.

  11. arXiv2408.10077

    No Screening is More Efficient with Multiple Objects

    We study the welfare-maximizing allocation of heterogeneous objects when screening uses costly effort rather than monetary transfers. No-screening mechanisms perform well as object variety increases. In a symmetric continuous market with i.i.d. values whose CDF is log-concave, the multidimensional problem reduces exactly to a single-dimensional problem in agents' best-option values. More options make low best-opt

    Noda, Shunya, Okada, Genta

  12. arXiv2410.22912

    Self-optimization in distributed manufacturing systems using Modular State-based Stackelberg Games

    In this study, we introduce Modular State-based Stackelberg Games (Mod-SbSG), a novel game structure developed for distributed self-learning in modular manufacturing systems. Mod-SbSG enhances cooperative decision-making among self-learning agents within production systems by integrating State-based Potential Games (SbPG) with Stackelberg games. This hierarchical structure assigns more important modules of the manufa

    Yuwono, Steve, Hussain, Ahmar Kamal, Schwung, Dorothea, Schwung, Andreas

  13. arXiv2411.00684

    Explainable few-shot learning workflow for detecting invasive and exotic tree species

    Deep Learning methods are notorious for relying on extensive labeled datasets to train and assess their performance. This can cause difficulties in practical situations where models should be trained for new applications for which very little data is available. While few-shot learning algorithms can address the first problem, they still lack sufficient explanations for the results. This research presents a workflow t

    Gevaert, Caroline M., Pedro, Alexandra Aguiar, Ku, Ou, Cheng, Hao et al.

  14. arXiv2411.16975

    ExpTest: Loss-Curve Hypothesis Testing for Autonomous Learning-Rate Selection in Deep Neural Networks

    Hyperparameter tuning remains a significant challenge in the training of deep neural networks (DNNs), requiring manual search or time-intensive grid searches that increase resource costs and limit the accessibility of machine learning. The global initial learning rate is among the most consequential of these hyperparameters. Adaptive and scheduling-based methods manage the learning rate during training but still requ

    Chaudhry, Zan, Mizuno, Naoko

  15. arXiv2412.04236

    Mapping Seven Decades of Philosophy in Colombia: Dynamic Topic Modelling of Ideas y Valores

    Data-driven approaches to philosophy have emerged as a valuable tool for studying the history of the discipline. However, most studies in this area have focused on a limited number of journals from specific regions and subfields. We expand the scope of this research by applying dynamic topic modelling techniques to explore the history of philosophy in Colombia and Latin America. Our study examines the Colombian philo

    Loaiza, Juan R., González-Duque, Miguel

  16. arXiv2412.16078

    SegCol Challenge: Semantic Segmentation for Tools and Fold Edges in Colonoscopy data

    Improving the reliability and completeness of colonoscopic inspection is critical for reducing missed lesions and improving colorectal cancer prevention. Reliable scene understanding is essential for navigation, reconstruction, and assessment of inspection completeness. Anatomical structures such as mucosal folds provide stable geometric cues for endoscope localization, while surgical instruments introduce dynamic oc

    Ju, Xinwei, Daher, Rema, Caramalau, Razvan, Huang, Baoru et al.

  17. arXiv2412.19990

    SegKAN: High-Resolution Medical Image Segmentation with Long-Distance Dependencies

    Hepatic vessels in computed tomography scans often suffer from image fragmentation and noise interference, making it difficult to maintain vessel integrity and posing significant challenges for vessel segmentation. To address this issue, we propose an innovative model: SegKAN. First, we improve the conventional embedding module by adopting a novel convolutional network structure for image embedding, which smooths out

    Tan, Shengbo, Xue, Rundong, Luo, Shipeng, Zhang, Zeyu et al.

  18. arXiv2501.12299

    Sublinear Variational Optimization of Gaussian Mixture Models with Millions to Billions of Parameters

    Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs) range among the most frequently used models in machine learning. However, training large, general GMMs becomes computationally prohibitive for data sets that have many data points $N$ of high-dimensionality $D$. For GMMs with arbitrary covariances, we here derive a highly efficient variational approximation, which is then integrated with mixtures of factor analyzers (MFAs). For GMMs wit

    Salwig, Sebastian, Kahlke, Till, Hirschberger, Florian, Forster, Dennis et al.

  19. arXiv2502.07891

    The observational partial order of causal structures with latent variables

    For two causal structures with the same set of visible variables, one is said to observationally dominate the other if the set of distributions over the visible variables realizable by the first contains the set of distributions over the visible variables realizable by the second. Knowing such dominance relations is useful for adjudicating between these structures given observational data. Here, we consider the probl

    Ansanelli, Marina Maciel, Wolfe, Elie, Spekkens, Robert W.

  20. arXiv2503.13647

    Quantum State Preparation with the QNN-based SRBB Algorithm

    In this work, a novel algorithm structured on Lie algebras for the approximate quantum state preparation problem is proposed, addressing a challenge of fundamental importance in many areas of quantum computing. The algorithm uses a variational quantum circuit designed on the Standard Recursive Block Basis (SRBB), a hierarchical construction for the matrix algebra of the $SU(2^n)$ group, which is capable of linking th

    Mordacci, Marco, Belli, Giacomo, Amoretti, Michele

  21. arXiv2503.17970

    PathoHR: Breast Cancer Survival Prediction on High-Resolution Pathological Images

    Breast cancer survival prediction in computational pathology presents a remarkable challenge due to tumor heterogeneity. For instance, different regions of the same tumor in the pathology image can show distinct morphological and molecular characteristics. This makes it difficult to extract representative features from whole slide images (WSIs) that truly reflect the tumor's aggressive potential and likely surviv

    Luo, Yang, Wang, Shiru, Liu, Jun, Xiao, Jiaxuan et al.

  22. arXiv2503.19479

    Bayesian Optimization of a Lightweight and Accurate Neural Network for Aerodynamic Performance Prediction

    Ensuring high accuracy and efficiency of predictive models is paramount in the aerospace industry, particularly in the context of multidisciplinary design and optimization processes. These processes often require numerous evaluations of complex objective functions, which can be computationally expensive and time-consuming. To build efficient and accurate predictive models, we propose a new approach that leverages Bay

    Shihua, James M., Saves, Paul, Liem, Rhea P., Morlier, Joseph

  23. arXiv2504.13700

    Exploring Multimodal Prompt for Visualization Authoring with Large Language Models

    Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have shown great potential in automating the process of visualization authoring through simple natural language utterances. However, instructing LLMs using natural language is limited in precision and expressiveness for conveying visualization intent, leading to misinterpretation and time-consuming iterations. To address these limitations, we conduct an empirical study

    Wen, Zhen, Weng, Luoxuan, Tang, Yinghao, Zhang, Runjin et al.

  24. arXiv2504.20007

    Towards AI-Driven Policing: Interdisciplinary Knowledge Discovery from Police Body-Worn Camera Footage

    This paper proposes a novel interdisciplinary framework for analyzing police body-worn camera (BWC) footage from the Rochester Police Department (RPD) using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and statistical machine learning (ML) techniques. Our goal is to detect, classify, and analyze patterns of interaction between police officers and civilians to identify key behavioral dynamics, such as respect, disrespect, es

    Srbinovska, Anita, Srbinovska, Angela, Senthil, Vivek, Bateman, Jonathan et al.

  25. arXiv2505.23197

    Balancing Safety and Optimality in Robot Path Planning: Algorithm and Metric

    Path planning for autonomous robots faces a fundamental trade-off between path length and obstacle clearance. While existing algorithms typically prioritize a single objective, we introduce the Unified Path Planner (UPP), a graph-search algorithm that dynamically balances safety and optimality via adaptive heuristic weighting. UPP employs a local inverse-distance safety field and auto-tunes its parameters based on re

    Arora, Jatin Kumar, Bandyopadhyay, Soutrik, Sulania, Sunil, Bhasin, Shubhendu

Who invites agents in 14,770 probes

Origins publishing files written for machines rather than people. Measured against a frozen cohort, so a change in the number means a change in adoption.

SignalWeb head
Tranco top 1,000
n=1,000
Web tail
sampled to rank 100k
n=1,000
AI-native
model & dev platforms
n=110
Any agent-facing signal 11.5% (115)6.6% (66)75.45% (83)
llms.txt (apex domain) 9.1% (91)5.5% (55)60.91% (67)
llms.txt (docs subdomain) 3.7% (37)1.2% (12)44.55% (49)
.well-known/mcp.json 0.6% (6)0.3% (3)7.27% (8)
.well-known/agents.txt 0.3% (3)0.2% (2)0% (0)
ai.txt 0.2% (2)0.1% (1)0% (0)
ai-plugin.json (deprecated) 0.6% (6)0.3% (3)0.91% (1)

On this calendar day 18

Notable events recorded on this day and month across all years.

  1. 2025year

    Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in a coup plot.

  2. 2012year

    The American consulate and CIA annex in Libya were attacked by a heavily armed group, resulting in the deaths of U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others.

  3. 2001year

    al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger airliners to carry out a series of terrorist attacks (one pictured) against targets in New York City and the area of Washington, D.C., killing 2,977 people.

  4. 1995year

    Mir EO-19, the first expedition to the Russian space station Mir launched on an American Space Shuttle, returned to Earth after approximately 75 days in space.

  5. 1992year

    Hurricane Iniki, the most powerful hurricane on record to strike the Hawaiian Islands, passed directly over the island of Kauai, killing six people and causing around US$1.8 billion dollars in damage.

  6. 1978year

    British medical photographer Janet Parker became the last recorded person to die from smallpox, leading to a debate on whether the virus should be preserved.

  7. 1945year

    The Japanese-run camp at Batu Lintang in Borneo was liberated by the Australian 9th Division, averting the planned massacre of its 2,000-plus Allied POWs and civilian internees by four days.

  8. 1941year

    In Des Moines, Iowa, American aviator Charles Lindbergh delivered an antisemitic speech (reporting pictured) accusing Jews of controlling the media and manipulating the United States into joining World War II.

  9. 1914year

    First World War: The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force invaded German New Guinea, winning the Battle of Bita Paka.

  10. 1897year

    Gaki Sherocho was captured by the forces of Ethiopian emperor Menelik II, bringing an end to the Kingdom of Kaffa.

  11. 1893year

    Swami Vivekananda (pictured) gave a speech introducing Hinduism on the opening day of the first Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago.

  12. 1857year

    A legion of Mormon militiamen completed a massacre of at least 120 California-bound Arkansas pioneers at Mountain Meadow, Utah.

  13. 1851year

    In a fight near Christiana, Pennsylvania, a group of escaped slaves and free Blacks led by William Parker fought off a federal posse seeking to arrest and return the escapees to slavery.

  14. 1789year

    Alexander Hamilton (pictured), co-writer of The Federalist Papers, became the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

  15. 1780year

    American Revolutionary War: Approximately ten American soldiers were killed by Loyalists and their Native American allies in the Sugarloaf massacre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

  16. 1776year

    British and American leaders held a peace conference on Staten Island, New York, in the hopes of bringing an end to the nascent American Revolutionary War.

  17. 1775year

    American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold's expedition departed from Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of the invasion of Quebec.

  18. 1758year

    Seven Years' War: France repelled an invasion attempt by the British in the Battle of Saint Cast.