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1608 John Smith chosen president of Jamestown Having survived capture by Indians (reputedly through the efforts of Pocahontas, a chief's daughter), John Smith became president of Jamestown colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America, this day in 1608. Test your knowledge of early America © North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy

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Arnold Palmer American golfer bornSeptember 10, 1929Latrobe, PennsylvaniadiedSeptember 25, 2016 (aged 87)Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCourtesy, Arnold Palmer Enterprises; photograph, Eiko Oizumi 1964 Jack Ma Chinese entrepreneur 1963 Randy Johnson American baseball player 1949 Bill O’Reilly American television and radio personality 1941 Stephen Jay Gould American paleontologist 1929 Arnold Palmer American golfer See All Biographies On This Day

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2025 Charlie Kirk, a conservative political activist, was shot and killed on a university campus in Utah.© Trent Nelson—The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images 2008 The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, conducted its first test operation. How does a particle accelerator work?© CERN 2000 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats closed after 7,485 performances; it was the longest-running show on Broadway until it was surpassed by Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera in 2006. Take our theatre quizJunko Kimura/Getty Images 1993 The TV series The X-Files, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, debuted on Fox, and it developed a huge cult following. Sort fact from fiction in our pop culture quizFox Broadcasting Company 1988 By winning the U.S. Open, Steffi Graf completed the Grand Slam of tennis; she was the first woman to accomplish the feat since Margaret Court in 1970. Test your knowledge of tennis© Phil Anthony/Shutterstock.com 1984 Alex Trebek debuted as host of the TV game show Jeopardy! How much do you know about pop culture?© s_bukley/Shutterstock.com 1974 Guinea-Bissau gained independence from Portugal. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about AfricaEncyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1955 The TV show Gunsmoke began airing on CBS, and by the time it ended, in 1975, the series was the longest-running western on American television.© Columbia Broadcasting System 1934 American professional baseball player Roger Maris, who held (1961–98) the record for most home runs (61) in a single season, was born. How much do you know about baseball?© AP/REX/Shutterstock.com 1919 Austria and the Allied powers signed the Treaty of Saint-Germain, concluding World War I. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about World War I 1846 American inventor Elias Howe was granted a patent for his sewing machine, which revolutionized garment manufacture in the factory and in the home. Take our quiz about inventors and inventionsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; gift of I. N. Phelps Stokes, Edward S. Hawes, Alice Mary Hawes, and Marion Augusta Hawes, 1937 (accession no. 37.14.26); www.metmuseum.org 1813 U.S. naval forces under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Take our history of war quizLibrary of Congress, Washington D.C. (Digital file no. cph 3a06427 ) 1721 The Second Northern War (1700–21) was concluded by the Peace of Nystad. Sort fact from fiction in our European history quiz 1651 Japanese rebel Yui Shōsetsu committed suicide after the failure of his plot against the Tokugawa shogunate. Test your knowledge of revolutions and plots 1419 John the Fearless, second duke of Burgundy, was killed during a meeting with the future king Charles VII at Montereau, France. Take our quiz about French historyRoyal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (ID 540), kmska.be. SIGN UP FOR History's Biggest Headlines Discover the fascinating events that shaped the world, straight from our editors. SIGN UP Thanks for signing up for Today in History. Your first newsletter will arrive soon! SIGN UP By clicking "Sign Up" you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.