The Thursday, August 27, 2026 Edition
Meta Settles for $17B, FDA OKs Pancreatic Cancer Drug, and Tonight's Blood Moon
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$3.35 million
The auction price fetched by the ball from Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' World Cup goal. That's well short of the $10 million auctioneers estimated — though still a hefty payday for one of soccer's most debated artifacts.
Source: Smithsonian
Today: Play continues at the U.S. Open in New York, where Taylor Fritz is among the stars in action.
October: The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition announces its winners, following this week's preview of standout entries.
- 1859Edwin Drake drills the first successful US oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania
- 1883Krakatoa erupts in one of history's most violent volcanic explosions, heard thousands of miles away
- 1928The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of policy, is signed in Paris
- 1955The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published
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