1987: American boxer Mike Tyson defeated Tony Tucker and was unanimously recognized as heavyweight champion by all three sanctioning organizations (World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association, and International Boxing Federation). [Take our sports quiz.]
1944: The Warsaw Uprising began as the Polish underground tried to oust the German army and seize control of the city before it was occupied by the advancing Soviet army; after running out of supplies, the Poles were forced to surrender in October. [Sort fact from fiction in our World War II quiz.]
Newsletter for Friday 23 October. Click to open this Newsletter in your browser TODAY IN SCIENCE HISTORY NEWSLETTER • 23 OCTOBER Feature for Today On 23 Oct 1946, Ernest Thompson Seton died, an English-American naturalist. Seton became a self-t…Read More
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