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Grito de Lares (Puerto Rico)

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Grito de Lares (Puerto Rico)

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  • Haifa Day (Israel)

    Haifa Day (Israel)

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  • Holocaust Memorial Day (Lithuania)

    Holocaust Memorial Day (Lithuania)

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  • Kyrgyz Language Day (Kyrgyzstan)

    Kyrgyz Language Day (Kyrgyzstan)

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  • National Day (Saudi Arabia)

    National Day (Saudi Arabia)

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  • Teachers' Day (Brunei)

    Teachers' Day (Brunei)

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Recipe

Garlic Butter Sausage with Onions

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Garlic Butter Sausage with Onions

Prep 15 min

Melt butter in a skillet. Cook sausage 4 min per side. Add garlic, cook 30 sec. Add onions, toss to coat. Finish with a squeeze of lemon.

Ingredients

garlic, sausage, onions

History

On This Day

7 events
Voting begins in the five-day sham annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, leading to Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

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2022

Voting begins in the five-day sham annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, leading to Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

  • 2020

    A grand jury in Kentucky declines to indict three police officers for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in a drug raid gone wrong, leading to nationwide protests in the U.S.

  • 2019

    Twenty people die on the first of two days of rioting in Papua and West Papua over an alleged racist incident.

  • 1973

    Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.

  • 1962

    Flying Tiger Line Flight 923, a Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation registered as N6923C, ditches into the Atlantic Ocean killing 28 out the 76 occupants onboard. The remaining 48 were rescued six hours later.

  • 1961

    U.S. President John F. Kennedy nominates African American civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, although pro-segregation Southern senators manage to delay his confirmation until September 11, 1962.

  • 1951

    George VI, king of the United Kingdom, has his left lung removed in an operation after a malignant tumour was found.

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Birthdays

Born Today

6
  • Juan Martín del Potro

    1988·Argentinian tennis player

  • Kairi Sane

    1988·Japanese wrestler

  • Brandon Jennings

    1989·American basketball player

  • Taniela Lasalo

    1989·Australian rugby league player

  • Lee Alexander

    1991·Scottish footballer

  • Key

    1991·South Korean singer and entertainer

Wire · Dispatch

Florida Man

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  • A Florida man stole cat blood from a cat clinic and disappeared

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By the Numbers

Number of the Day

266

Day of 365 · 73% complete

Element

Og · Oganesson

Heaviest element

Math

266 is divisible by 7

Today's Season

Horoscope

Libra

Libra

Sep 23 – Oct 22

Element
Air
Ruler
Venus

Passion and intensity build within matters of the heart, sweet Libra, as the Aries Moon aspects Saturn and Pluto. Relationships will become serious, and you'll begin to examine what you truly want in a long-term partnership. Recognize if you need to release old wounds or cycles that have spoiled connections in the past. On an individual level, it might be time to rediscover a love for yourself. Creative outlets and reconnecting with neglected personal interests could prove most healing. Acknowledge if you require more discipline to ensure your dreams come true while Luna squares Jupiter, vowing to move forward with renewed determination and better structures.

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Desk Break

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