On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 1, 2017, covering November 6, 2017.
P!nk
Gucci Mane
Beck
Post Malone
Lil Uzi Vert
Ed Sheeran
Imagine Dragons
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
Lil Pump
St. Vincent
2017Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)[†]
Richard Francis "Dick" Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, as command module pilot of the Apollo 12 mission, which orbited the Moon 45 times. Gordon had already flown in space as the pilot of the 1966 Gemini 11 mission.
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Before the recent attack in Lower Manhattan, an ISIS online publication offered tips on how to use a truck for “reaping large numbers of casualties.”
The limited research on the long-term effects of damage to connective tissue indicates that a patient, no matter how young, has a 50 percent chance of developing arthritis within a decade.
Mr. Xi, the most powerful Chinese leader in decades, wants the United States to share global leadership with China as equals.
The $105 billion takeover bid sets up a battle between two chip makers whose products touch nearly every smartphone in the world.
William C. Dudley, who is stepping down from his post earlier than expected, warned against moving too aggressively to roll back financial regulations.
Two years after debate over Woodrow Wilson rocked campus, the Princeton and Slavery Project is unveiling new research into the university’s uncomfortable past.
The Air Force admitted that it didn’t enter Devin P. Kelley’s domestic violence court-martial into a database that could have prevented him from buying a gun.
Eight members of the Holcombe family, a group spanning three generations, died in the shooting at the First Baptist Church in Texas.
Mickey Rowe is thought to be the first openly autistic actor to play Christopher, a 15-year-old with autism, in “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”
Brash and talented, the former chef at the Cecil in Harlem has a long-term gig at Chefs Club, and even bigger goals in sight.
The tech giant has found a tax haven in the island of Jersey, leaving billions of dollars untouched by the United States, leaked documents reveal.
Records leaked from an offshore law firm show how the wealthy elite sidestep prohibitions on foreigners registering private planes in the United States.