On both sides of the Narva River, fishermen stand knee-deep in the water between two medieval castles just 101 meters apart.
A new paper has listed the top 50 most problematic pieces of space debris currently in low Earth orbit (LEO). Most of them ...
When the Soviet Union fell, Russians lost their sense of past and future at once. Collective hallucinations flourished in the ...
On Oct. 7, 2023, the Israel Defense Forces declared the country at war and launched large-scale military operations against ...
I can’t really say if it was the peaceful sleep, the golden morning sun or simply the pull of adventure, but on the second ...
The University of Kansas City held its first day of classes with 264 students and 17 instructors. The Kansas City metro is ...
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. In 1777, Gen. George Washington’s troops launched an assault on the British at ...
On Oct. 4, 1965, Pope Paul VI arrived at Kennedy International Airport in New York on the first visit by a pope to the United ...
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Almanac for Oct. 4, 2025

Today is Saturday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2025. There are 88 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial ...
The Atlas was America’s first ICMB and it deployed at three sites in Nebraska, including Atlas D “A” near Mead. It was ...
By Catherine Nicholls, Kosta Gak, Christian Edwards, Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Moldova’s ruling pro-Western party has won a decisive victory and a fresh majority in parliament after a crucial election ...
Take a deep dive into the story of the Buran, the Soviet Union’s strikingly familiar-looking space shuttle. Developed during the height of the Cold War, this ambitious program mirrored NASA’s Space ...