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* ... that the '''[[Great Tri-State Tornado|1925 Tri-State tornado]]''' was the deadliest in United States history?
* ... that in 1968, ADR's Autoflow flowchart software became the first program to receive a software patent in the United States?
* ... that in 1968, [[Applied Data Research|ADR]]'s '''[[Autoflow]]''' flowchart software became the first program to receive a software patent in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Carol and Eric Hafner]]''' ran for five [[United States House of Representatives]] seats for states in which they did not live, and mostly had not visited?
* ... that [[8th Operations Group|a fighter-bomber group]] under the command of '''[[Walter G. Benz Jr.|Walter G. Benz Jr.]]''' during the [[Korean War]] became the first [[United States Air Force]] unit to complete 50,000 combat sorties?
* ... that during one of his '''[[Diddy parties]]''', [[Sean Combs]] promised not to spill champagne on the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]?
* ... that [[USS Wolverine (IX-64)|a future World War II aircraft carrier]] was used as a hotel during the '''[[7th National Eucharistic Congress (United States)|7th National Eucharistic Congress]]''' in 1935?
:The death toll of a historic winter storm event on the [[Gulf Coast of the United States]] rises to 9 people. {{cvt|8|in|cm}} of [[snowfall]] at [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport]] in [[Louisiana]]. The statewide snowfall record in [[Florida]] is broken as over {{cvt|5.5|in|cm}} falls in [[Molino, Florida|Molino]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/weather/winter-storm-south-tuesday-hnk/index.html (CNN)]
:One student is killed and another one is wounded in a [[school shooting]] at [[Antioch High School (Tennessee)|Antioch High School]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], United States. [https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/us/antioch-high-school-shooting-nashville/index.html (CNN)]
:[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] unveils "the largest [[AI]] infrastructure project in history", a [[joint venture]] between [[OpenAI]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], and [[SoftBank Group|SoftBank]], called Stargate. With funding of up to $500 billion in the next 4 years, the project aims to build [[data center]]s and [[computing infrastructure]] across the [[United States]] to power AI development and create over 100,000 jobs. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/21/trump-ai-joint-venture-openai-oracle-softbank (''The Guardian'')]
:Much of [[Canada]] and the contiguous [[United States]] are impacted by a [[cold wave]], killing one person near [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]. Historic snowfall is expected in the [[southern United States|US South]], and historic [[blizzard]] and [[whiteout (weather)|whiteout conditions]] are expected on the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/weather/winter-storm-south-tuesday-hnk/index.html (CNN)]
:Two [[Americans]] held in [[Afghanistan]] are [[prisoner swap|freed in exchange]] for a [[Taliban]] fighter in the [[United States]]. The deal is brokered by [[Qatar]] and finalized during the final hours of the outgoing [[Biden administration]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/taliban-say-2-americans-released-in-prisoner-swap/a-71357642 (DW)]
:[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] pardons [[Ross Ulbricht]], the creator of the [[Silk Road (marketplace)|Silk Road]]. Ulbricht was serving a [[life sentence]] for charges including conspiracy to commit [[money laundering]], [[Security hacker|hacking]], and [[drug trafficking]]. [https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-ross-ulbricht-silk-road (Axios)]
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Greetings, Today Oct. 1, 2019 is a Tuesday, and calendar here shows Oct. 1 as Saturday. I'm clueless on how to fix, so asking for help here. Regards, JoeHebda (talk) 12:02, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure how many places it needs to get "put back"; I am only handling pages in Category:Idaho for now. But, please, feel free to list other "U.S." pages that list "State" Portals as a reply to this notice. Mjquinn_id (talk) 02:45, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]