The Monday, August 31, 2026 Edition
U.S., Iran Exchange Fire, Tim Cook Exits Apple, and Aaron Donald Unretires
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22 years
How long Curaçao waited between Little League World Series titles before routing Nevada 11-2 in Sunday's championship game. It's the island's first title since 2004.
Source: Bleacher Report
Today: Early-round singles matches take the courts at the US Open in New York, one day after Novak Djokovic's first-round exit shook up the draw.
Monday, Sept. 7: The US marks Labor Day, with financial markets, banks and government offices closed for the federal holiday.
- 1888Mary Ann Nichols is found murdered in London, the first canonical Jack the Ripper victim
- 1897Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, an early motion picture device
- 1980Polish workers led by Lech Walesa sign the Gdansk Agreement, giving rise to Solidarity
- 1997Princess Diana dies in a car crash in a Paris tunnel at age 36
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