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Today in History
Thursday, 09 October 2025
2009
First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
2006
North Korea allegedly tests its first nuclear device.
2001
Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack.
1999
The last flight of the SR-71.
1995
An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
1992
A 13 kilogram (est.) fragment of the Peekskill meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu
1991
Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1989
In Leipzig, East Germany, 70,000 protesters demand the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms.
An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
1986
The musical ''The Phantom of the Opera'' has its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
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