The Friday, October 9, 2026 Edition
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Science & Technology
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The number of giant tortoises a new survey counted on a single Seychelles island — the world's largest free-roaming population, and more tortoises than the entire island nation has people. The count follows a decades-long recovery program.
Source: The Guardian
Today: The Las Vegas Aces take the floor for their WNBA playoff game, with A'ja Wilson in action.
Monday, Oct. 12: U.S. bond markets close for Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day, the federal holiday.
- 1888The Washington Monument officially opens to the public in Washington, D.C.
- 1936Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity across the desert to Los Angeles
- 1940John Lennon is born in Liverpool, England
- 1967Revolutionary Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia a day after his capture
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