October 7, 2020 This Day in History: Oct. 7 Anita Hill publicly accuses Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments. The war in Afghanistan begins.
October 6, 2020 This Day in History: Oct. 6 Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as a Supreme Court justice in a narrow 50-48 vote in the Senate.
October 5, 2020 This Day in History: Oct. 5 Democrat Lloyd Bentsen lambasts Republican Dan Quayle during their vice presidential debate with a now-famous John Kennedy reference. Apple founder Steve Jobs dies.
October 4, 2020 This Day in History: Oct. 4 Janis Joplin is found dead; "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh receives a 20-year sentence for conspiring with Islamic radicals to kill his countrymen.
October 3, 2020 This Day in History: Oct. 3 O.J. Simpson is found not guilty of 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
October 2, 2020 This Day in History: Oct. 2 "Peanuts," created by Charles M. Schulz, is syndicated to seven newspapers; Rock Hudson dies after battling AIDS.
September 29, 2020 This Day in History: Sept. 29 The forerunner to London's Scotland Yard goes on duty. John G. Roberts Jr. is sworn in as the nation's 17th Supreme Court chief justice.
September 28, 2020 This Day in History: Sept. 28 Eight members of the Chicago White Sox are indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series; penicillin is discovered
September 27, 2020 This Day in History: Sept. 27 Christine Blasey Ford tells the Senate Judiciary Committee she is '100 percent' certain that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, allegations he denies
September 25, 2020 This Day in History: Sept. 25 The first U.S. Congress adopts 12 amendments to the Constitution and sends them to the states for ratification.