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The two tables below show the largest one-day changes between a given day's close and the close of the previous trading day in terms of points. Largest daily point gains. Rank ... 1957 1957-10-23 40.73 +4.49 Wednesday 1956 1956-09-14 47.21 +2.43 Friday 1955 1955-07-06 43.18 +3.57 Wednesday 1954 1954-12-17 35.92 +2.83 Friday 1953 1953-09-22 23.20

Today in History is everything that happened on this date in the areas of politics, war, science, music, sport, art, entertainment, and more. ... PICK A DAY Apr 25. × Go to today Random day. Facebook; Twitter; Instagram; YouTube “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.”

The 1957–1958 Asian flu pandemic was a global pandemic of influenza A virus subtype H2N2 that originated in Guizhou in Southern China. The number of excess deaths caused by the pandemic is estimated to be 1–4 million around the world (1957–1958 and probably beyond), making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history. A decade later, a reassorted viral strain H3N2 further …

Oct 19, 2022 · Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal is key to the company’s mobile gaming efforts. Microsoft is quietly building a mobile Xbox store that will rely on Activision and King games.

Oct 20, 2022 · That means the impact could spread far beyond the agency’s payday lending rule. "The holding will call into question many other regulations that protect consumers with respect to credit cards, bank accounts, mortgage loans, debt collection, credit reports, and identity theft," tweeted Chris Peterson, a former enforcement attorney at the CFPB who is now a law …

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October 12 is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 80 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon ... 1957 – Serge Clerc, French comic book artist and illustrator;

September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 106 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously ... 1957 – David McCreery, Northern Irish footballer and manager; 1957 – Anca Parghel, Romanian singer and pianist (d. 2008)

Sep 23, 2011 · After refusing to surrender, John Paul Jones, the father of the US Navy, achieved a dramatic against-the-odds victory against the British on this day. September 23, 1779; Little Rock Crisis The 101st Airborne Division escort the nine black students into Little Rock School in Arkansas September 23, 1957; Weekly Quiz for September 23-29

Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492.. Christopher Columbus was a Genovese-born explorer who became a subject of the Hispanic Monarchy to lead a Spanish …

Jan 07, 2022 · The couple divorced in 1957. ... In 2009, Mandela's birthday (July 18) was declared Mandela Day, an international day to promote global peace and celebrate the South African leader's legacy.

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Apr 08, 2022 · The Constitution requires the president to submit nominations to the Senate for its advice and consent. Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, presidents have submitted 165 nominations for the Court, including those for chief justice.