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International Day of Medical Physics is observed to promote the role of medical physicists in healthcare.

2013

Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, devastates the Philippines with its powerful winds and storm surges, causing widespread destruction and loss of life.

1991

NBA legend Magic Johnson announces his retirement from basketball after testing positive for HIV.

1980

Voyager 1, the spacecraft, makes its closest approach to Saturn, capturing stunning images and conducting scientific observations.

1962

Richard M. Nixon loses the California gubernatorial election, declaring, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore."

1944

Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected as President of the United States for an unprecedented fourth term, making him the only president to serve more than two terms.

1917

The Russian Bolshevik Revolution: The Red Guards occupy key government buildings in Petrograd.

1916

Jeannette Rankin of Montana is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first woman to serve in Congress.

1874

The first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party is published in Harper's Weekly.

1867

Marie Curie, the pioneering physicist and chemist, is born in Warsaw, Poland.

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