Today is Friday, September twenty seventh, the 271st day of 2024. There are 95 days left within the 12 months.

Today in history:

On September 27, 2018, during a daylong hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Christine Blasey Ford said she was “100 percent” certain that she was sexually abused as a young person by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and Kavanaugh then told it The senators said he was “100 percent sure” he did nothing of the type.

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In 1779, John Adams was commissioned by Congress to barter the terms of the Revolutionary War peace with Great Britain.

In 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.

In 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, officially allying the Axis powers of World War II.

In 1964, the federal government publicly released the Warren Commission report, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone within the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

In 1979, Congress gave its final approval to the formation of the U.S. Department of Education.

In 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced in a nationally broadcast address that he would eliminate all U.S. nuclear weapons on the battlefield and called on the Soviet Union to follow this gesture.

In 1994, greater than 350 Republican congressional candidates gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to sign the “Contract with America,” a 10-point program they hoped to enact if voters put a GOP majority within the House House of Representatives would send.

In Afghanistan in 1996, the Taliban, a bunch of former seminary students, drove President Burhanuddin Rabbani's government out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah.

In 2013, President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had a telephone conversation, the primary conversation between American and Iranian leaders in greater than 30 years.

In 2021, R&B singer R. Kelly was convicted in a sex trafficking trial in New York after a long time of evading criminal responsibility for varied allegations of misconduct against young women and youngsters.

Today's birthdays:

• Musician Randy Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is 81.
• Actress Liz Torres is 77.
• Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt is 75.
• Singer and actor Shaun Cassidy is 66.
• Comedian Marc Maron is 61.
• Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is 52.
• Actress Indira Varma is 51.
• The musician and actress Carrie Brownstein is 50.
• Actress Anna Camp is 42.
• Rapper Lil Wayne is 42.
• The musician Avril Lavigne (AV'-rihl la-VEEN') is 40.
• Tennis player Simona Halep is 33.
• Actress Jenna Ortega is 22.

Today is Wednesday, September 4th, the 248th day of the 12 months 2024. There are 118 days left within the 12 months.

Today in history:

On September 4, 2018, the confirmation hearings for future Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh began within the Senate Judiciary Committee. That day saw heated exchanges between Democrats and Republicans.

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Los Angeles was founded in 1781 by Spanish settlers led by Governor Felipe de Neve.

In 1949, over 140 people were injured during a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, New York, when an anti-communist mob attacked departing concertgoers.

In 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus ordered Arkansas National Guardsmen to stop nine black students from entering the all-white Central High School in Little Rock.

In 1972, US swimmer Mark Spitz became the primary person to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games: he won his seventh gold medal on the Olympic Games in Munich within the 400-meter medley relay.

In 1972, the longest-running game show in U.S. history, “The Price is Right,” premiered on CBS.

In 1974, the USA established diplomatic relations with the GDR.

Google was founded in 1998 by Stanford University doctoral students Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

In 2016, Pope Francis awarded the “Saint of the Gutters” one in every of the Catholic Church’s highest honors: he canonized Mother Teresa, honoring her radical commitment to society’s underdogs and her courage in denouncing world leaders for the “crimes of poverty that they themselves have caused.”

Today's birthdays:

• Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 93.
• Raymond Floyd, member of the Golf Hall of Fame, is 82.
• Tom Watson, member of the Golf Hall of Fame, is 75.
• Actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs is 71.
• Actor Khandi Alexander is 67.
• Actor and comedian Damon Wayans Sr. is 64.
• Mike Piazza, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is 56.
• DJ, musician and producer Mark Ronson is 49.
• Actor Wes Bentley is 46.
• Actor Max Greenfield is 45.
• The singer and actress Beyoncé is 43.
• Actor and comedian Whitney Cummings is 42.
• Actor and comedian Kyle Mooney (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 40.