Moments in Time – November 29, 2023
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On Dec. 11, 2008, Bernie Madoff, the founder and chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was arrested and subsequently convicted of fraud for the multi-billion-dollar ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 15, 2023
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On Nov. 27, 2017, eight donkeys were released from jail after four days’ imprisonment for the crime of eating expensive saplings in the Jalaun district of Uttar ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 8, 2023
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On Nov. 20, 1998, the first module of the International Space Station, Zarya (“Dawn”), was launched. Russian-built and American-owned, its name signified ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 1, 2023
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On Nov. 13, 1985, the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupted in the late evening and caused volcanic mudflows that flooded the city of Armero, killing 25,000 residents. ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – October 25, 2023
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On Nov. 6, 1869, Rutgers beat Princeton, then known as the College of New Jersey, 6-4 in the first college football game. Played with a soccer ball before roughly 100 ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – October 18, 2023
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On Oct. 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba, or Big Ivan, over the Mityushikha Bay test range on the Novaya Zemlya Island in the Arctic Circle. The unique, ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – October 11, 2023
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On Oct. 23, 1964, French existentialist philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre published a letter in the newspaper Le Figaro to explain why he didn’t want to accept ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – October 4, 2023
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On Oct. 16, 1968, American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos sparked controversy at the Mexico City Olympics by giving “Black power” salutes during a ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – September 27, 2023
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On Oct. 9, 2004, Afghan voters went to the polls for the first time in their nation’s history to vote for a president and elected Hamid Karzai, who had served as ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – September 20, 2023
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On Oct. 2, 1614, Louis XIII of France was declared an adult. His mother, Marie de’ Medici, continued to act as his Regent, however, as she had begun upon the assassination ... Continue Reading →
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