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The FDNY says five bodies have now been recovered from the Brooklyn building collapse site where hundreds of firefighters continued a frantic search Thursday morning, more than 14 hours after terror struck a Flatbush construction site. Firefighters worked through the night as part of a massive operation to comb through large and unstable piles of rubble in hopes of reaching any remaining survivors. First responders were moving carefully but quickly, racing against the clock as a looming afternoon threat of heavy rain could worsen search and rescue efforts. “We do not know how many people are still in the collapse zone, and this will be a prolonged operation,” FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said late Wednesday night, flanked by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other Brooklyn elected officials. “This has been an incredibly challenging and fast-moving situation, with precarious wreckage to navigate and dangerous voids beneath the surface,” Mamdani said. “The numbers may change as the work continues.”The collapse of the three-story building on Flatbush Avenue near Bedford Avenue occurred around 4 p.m. Wednesday. It was not known what caused or led up to the collapse in the Flatbush neighborhood.The FDNY responded within a minute and said two people were removed from the rubble soon after the collapse. Arial footage showed dozens of firefighters scouring for other survivors in the debris well into the evening. About 250 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the scene, along with K-9 units from the FDNY and the NYPD to assist with the search.A drone hovered over the site as firefighters dug by hand, tossing chunks of rubble aside. As darkness fell, firefighters used flashlights to illuminate the area where they worked.Two people died and at least 17 people were hurt, four of whom were in critical condition, the FDNY said at a later press conference. The others suffered less serious injuries. Seven children were among the victims, according to the FDNY, along with a firefighter who had minor injuries.The fire department noted that the number of victims could increase, as it was not known how many people were in the building at the time of the collapse and if everyone had been accounted for. FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said the number could change “by the minute” as the operation, which is expected to take days, continues.“This is such a very fragile situation here…We’ll continue to look until we find everybody. And we work in collaboration with NYPD to see if there’s any missing reports. We all work together to try to determine how many people are still to be found,” Bonsignore said, noting that victims included construction workers and those who were inside the building at the time.The FDNY did not share the ages or identities of the two people killed, nor or if any children died. A man told NBC New York his brother, Jose Luis Caguana, was killed in the collapse. The 26-year-old immigrant from Ecuador had been in the U.S. for about six years, his brother said, working construction to support his family. Caguana’s wife, who is pregnant and due very soon, was too distraught to speak with reporters on camera. The couple also have another young child.“Her husband has passed away; he was the sole provider for the family. Now that he's gone, she is going through an immense amount of pain. She is in a very bad state right now — she's completely overwhelmed and can't even find the words to speak,” Caguana’s brother, Carlos, told News 4 in Spanish.The cousin of a construction worker who was hurt in the collapse but survived said his relative would have suffered much worse injuries had it not been for his hammer. The family member told NBC New York his cousin had left the excavation pit to grab his hammer and was walking back when he heard a loud snap and some debris fell on him.Video from Chopper 4 showed firefighters pull an injured person from the rubble around 4:45 p.m. He was taken away on a stretcher. Hours later, two others were seen taken away on stretchers just after 6:30 p.m.The building that collapsed was a three-story building with a business on the ground floor and multiple apartments inside. It was located next to an excavation site where a one-story building had previously stood before being fully demolished in 2025.The collapsed building filled the construction pit with bricks and wood. The FDNY said there was work going on at the site at the time of the collapse. The crew was doing excavation work, the Department of Buildings said, with approved plans to build three-story building at the site. There were also plans for a nine-story building to be built, but the DOB said those plans had not yet been approved.NBC New York was unable to reach the owner of the building that collapsed. The owner of the construction site, a limited liability company run by Robert Fischman and his associates, did not immediately respond to messages.The building that appears to have collapsed (highlighted in red above) was located next to a construction site after the one-story building that had been there was fully demolished.Another building that shared a wall with the collapsed structure remained standing, but its wall was shorn off, exposing the rooms inside, including a bedroom and closets filled with clothing. Concerns about a secondary collapse remained, leaving another obstacle for firefighters and officials to navigate.The city’s Office of Emergency Management (NYCEM) advised people avoid the area, as traffic delays and road closures could be expected. Flatbush Avenue remained closed from Clarendon Road to Bedford Avenue through the night.Multiple agencies responded to the scene. An investigation into the collapse is ongoing. The DOB said inspectors were at the scene to assist with recovery operations and to conduct structural stability inspections of surrounding buildings.New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on social media “My heart breaks for the family who lost a loved one in today's building collapse in Brooklyn. I'm keeping them in my thoughts and praying for everyone affected. My administration has reached out and offered its full support as authorities investigate what happened.”The American Red Cross said they had a team at the scene working with residents impacted by the collapse. The Red Cross and NYCEM opened a reception center at the Flatbush YMCA for any impacted or displaced residents, Mamdani said. As of 11 p.m., the Red Cross said six households, comprised of 11 adults and two children, had registered for emergency assistance.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Thursday briefing: What we do (and don't) know about Alice Huang and the Nvidia affair
In today's newsletter: US intelligence reportedly believes the former tech executive was recruited by Beijing, raising questions about the security of the AI industry and Trump's close ties to Nvidia chief Jensen HuangGood morning. Espionage is supposed to be a secretive business, and spies are supposed to be virtually invisible. That hasn't been the case for Alice Huang, the mysterious Shanghai executive who formed a romantic relationship with Jensen Huang, the founder of Nvidia, one of America's most powerful tech companies.Many questions have arisen since it emerged that US intelligence believes that Huang (no relation of Jensen's) is an asset recruited by the Chinese intelligence services to spy on behalf of Beijing. This morning's newsletter explains what we know about the story, and what it tells us about the effectiveness of Chinese espionage. That's after the headlines.UK | Ministers are considering changing the law to force the entertainment industry to better protect women and children in the wake of the revelations over David Walliams and the conviction of Russell Brand.Climate | The UK government has appointed the world's first special representative for climate security, in the strongest sign yet of fears that climate breakdown will bring chaos to the country.US midterms | Democrat Scott Colom has become the first Black senator in Mississippi to be elected since Reconstruction, in a stunning upset after more than a week of vote counting in one of the country's most reliably red states.Europe | Millions of people across Spain have joined the country's first general strike in 14 years, setting up picket lines to protest against soaring housing prices before an election in which the far right could be catapulted into power.Technology | Police officers risk arresting innocent people, especially from ethnic minorities, if they treat inaccurate facial recognition data as evidence, an official report has found. Continue reading...
Nvidia board reportedly meets to decide CEO Jensen Huang's future as chip giant's share price plunges – follow live
Nvidia shares fall in pre-market trading after report of Huang's second affairNvidia board reportedly deciding whether to oust CEO Jensen HuangToo big – and too well-connected – to sack? Huang does not enjoy the supercharged voting rights that are par for the course elsewhere – his shareholding is a plain vanilla 3.6%. On the other hand, Nvidia's board does not appear to have spent much time worrying about succession planning and "key person risk" or other standard concerns of corporate governance wonks outside the US. Continue reading...
Historic US ocean liner sinks near Florida to become world's largest artificial reef
SS United States, which set transatlantic speed record during maiden voyage in 1952, is sunk off coast of DestinThe historic SS United States has reached the end of its journey at sea, sinking Wednesday off the coast of Destin, Florida, where it will begin a new life underwater as an artificial reef.The nearly 1,000ft American-made vessel, once the fastest ocean liner in the world, was launched in 1952 and made history by setting a transatlantic speed record during its maiden voyage. The ship carried thousands of passengers across the Atlantic over 17 years of operation before being retired in 1969. Continue reading...
New kind of DMV opens in south suburbs, and it's different than typical facilities
The FDNY says five bodies have now been recovered from the Brooklyn building collapse site where hundreds of firefighters continued a frantic search Thursday morning, more than 14 hours after terror struck a Flatbush construction site. Firefighters worked through the night as part of a massive operation to comb through large and unstable piles of rubble in hopes of reaching any remaining survivors. First responders were moving carefully but quickly, racing against the clock as a looming afternoon threat of heavy rain could worsen search and rescue efforts. “We do not know how many people are still in the collapse zone, and this will be a prolonged operation,” FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said late Wednesday night, flanked by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other Brooklyn elected officials. “This has been an incredibly challenging and fast-moving situation, with precarious wreckage to navigate and dangerous voids beneath the surface,” Mamdani said. “The numbers may change as the work continues.”The collapse of the three-story building on Flatbush Avenue near Bedford Avenue occurred around 4 p.m. Wednesday. It was not known what caused or led up to the collapse in the Flatbush neighborhood.The FDNY responded within a minute and said two people were removed from the rubble soon after the collapse. Arial footage showed dozens of firefighters scouring for other survivors in the debris well into the evening. About 250 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the scene, along with K-9 units from the FDNY and the NYPD to assist with the search.A drone hovered over the site as firefighters dug by hand, tossing chunks of rubble aside. As darkness fell, firefighters used flashlights to illuminate the area where they worked.Two people died and at least 17 people were hurt, four of whom were in critical condition, the FDNY said at a later press conference. The others suffered less serious injuries. Seven children were among the victims, according to the FDNY, along with a firefighter who had minor injuries.The fire department noted that the number of victims could increase, as it was not known how many people were in the building at the time of the collapse and if everyone had been accounted for. FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said the number could change “by the minute” as the operation, which is expected to take days, continues.“This is such a very fragile situation here…We’ll continue to look until we find everybody. And we work in collaboration with NYPD to see if there’s any missing reports. We all work together to try to determine how many people are still to be found,” Bonsignore said, noting that victims included construction workers and those who were inside the building at the time.The FDNY did not share the ages or identities of the two people killed, nor or if any children died. A man told NBC New York his brother, Jose Luis Caguana, was killed in the collapse. The 26-year-old immigrant from Ecuador had been in the U.S. for about six years, his brother said, working construction to support his family. Caguana’s wife, who is pregnant and due very soon, was too distraught to speak with reporters on camera. The couple also have another young child.“Her husband has passed away; he was the sole provider for the family. Now that he's gone, she is going through an immense amount of pain. She is in a very bad state right now — she's completely overwhelmed and can't even find the words to speak,” Caguana’s brother, Carlos, told News 4 in Spanish.The cousin of a construction worker who was hurt in the collapse but survived said his relative would have suffered much worse injuries had it not been for his hammer. The family member told NBC New York his cousin had left the excavation pit to grab his hammer and was walking back when he heard a loud snap and some debris fell on him.Video from Chopper 4 showed firefighters pull an injured person from the rubble around 4:45 p.m. He was taken away on a stretcher. Hours later, two others were seen taken away on stretchers just after 6:30 p.m.The building that collapsed was a three-story building with a business on the ground floor and multiple apartments inside. It was located next to an excavation site where a one-story building had previously stood before being fully demolished in 2025.The collapsed building filled the construction pit with bricks and wood. The FDNY said there was work going on at the site at the time of the collapse. The crew was doing excavation work, the Department of Buildings said, with approved plans to build three-story building at the site. There were also plans for a nine-story building to be built, but the DOB said those plans had not yet been approved.NBC New York was unable to reach the owner of the building that collapsed. The owner of the construction site, a limited liability company run by Robert Fischman and his associates, did not immediately respond to messages.The building that appears to have collapsed (highlighted in red above) was located next to a construction site after the one-story building that had been there was fully demolished.Another building that shared a wall with the collapsed structure remained standing, but its wall was shorn off, exposing the rooms inside, including a bedroom and closets filled with clothing. Concerns about a secondary collapse remained, leaving another obstacle for firefighters and officials to navigate.The city’s Office of Emergency Management (NYCEM) advised people avoid the area, as traffic delays and road closures could be expected. Flatbush Avenue remained closed from Clarendon Road to Bedford Avenue through the night.Multiple agencies responded to the scene. An investigation into the collapse is ongoing. The DOB said inspectors were at the scene to assist with recovery operations and to conduct structural stability inspections of surrounding buildings.New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on social media “My heart breaks for the family who lost a loved one in today's building collapse in Brooklyn. I'm keeping them in my thoughts and praying for everyone affected. My administration has reached out and offered its full support as authorities investigate what happened.”The American Red Cross said they had a team at the scene working with residents impacted by the collapse. The Red Cross and NYCEM opened a reception center at the Flatbush YMCA for any impacted or displaced residents, Mamdani said. As of 11 p.m., the Red Cross said six households, comprised of 11 adults and two children, had registered for emergency assistance.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
European tech shares fall as Nvidia board weighs ousting Jensen Huang
European chip stocks fell after Nvidia slid 8.6% in after-hours trading on reports that its board was preparing to oust CEO Jensen Huang. In Frankfurt, the DAX topped 27,000 for the first time as Siemens rallied on record profits.
Nvidia board reportedly deciding whether to oust CEO Jensen Huang as stock price plunges
Meeting comes after CEO admitted to having a relationship with a woman who is alleged to be a Chinese spyBusiness live – latest updatesNvidia's board of directors met on Wednesday to decide whether to oust Jensen Huang as CEO of the world's most valuable chip company, according to reports, after a tumultuous week in which the executive and co-founder of the company admitted to having a romantic relationship with a woman who is alleged to be a Chinese spy.The meeting marks ⁠a sharp shift from Sunday, when Nvidia's board ​expressed confidence in Huang and his leadership team. However, Huang's position became more tenuous late on Wednesday after it was reported by the New York Times that Huang had a separate extramarital affair with a company employee named Kimberly Powell. She was Nvidia's president of healthcare and was reportedly captured on video being affectionate with Huang at a hotel during a company conference in March. Continue reading...
Internal probe into CEO Jensen Huang and 'foreign intelligence' weighs on high-flying Nvidia shares
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says eight bodies have now been recovered from the Brooklyn building collapse site where hundreds of firefighters continued a frantic search Thursday morning, more than 15 hours after terror struck a Flatbush construction site.“I am heartbroken that eight New Yorkers have now lost their lives and at least 17 have been injured, including three firefighters. There are no words for a loss of this magnitude,” the mayor said in a statement. Firefighters worked through the night as part of a massive operation to comb through large and unstable piles of rubble in hopes of reaching any remaining survivors. First responders were moving carefully but quickly, racing against the clock as a looming afternoon threat of heavy rain could worsen search and rescue efforts. Rescuers used dogs to sniff for survivors. Firefighters used orange buckets as they removed debris from the rubble piles trying to reach people who may be trapped. Arial footage showed dozens of firefighters scouring for other survivors, wielding pickaxes and power saws to punch holes through the ruins to pull dust-covered people from beneath piles of twisted wood and brick.The collapse of the three-story building on Flatbush Avenue near Bedford Avenue occurred around 4 p.m. Wednesday. It was not known what caused or led up to the collapse in the Flatbush neighborhood.At least 17 people were injured, including four hospitalized in critical condition, the FDNY said at a Wednesday evening press conference. The others suffered less serious injuries. Seven children were among the victims, according to the FDNY, along with three firefighters who had minor injuries.Six bodies were recovered overnight, adding to the initial two confirmed deaths reported by the fire department late Wednesday. The fire department noted that the number of victims could increase, as it was not known how many people were in the building at the time of the collapse and if everyone had been accounted for. FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said the number could change “by the minute” as the operation, which is expected to take days, continues.“This is such a very fragile situation here…We’ll continue to look until we find everybody. And we work in collaboration with NYPD to see if there’s any missing reports. We all work together to try to determine how many people are still to be found,” Bonsignore said, noting that victims included construction workers and those who were inside the building at the time.The FDNY has not shared the ages or identities of the people killed, nor or if any children died.A man told NBC New York his brother, Jose Luis Caguana, was killed in the collapse. The 26-year-old immigrant from Ecuador had been in the U.S. for about six years, his brother said, working construction to support his family. Caguana’s wife, who is pregnant and due very soon, was too distraught to speak with reporters on camera. The couple also have another young child.“Her husband has passed away; he was the sole provider for the family. Now that he's gone, she is going through an immense amount of pain. She is in a very bad state right now — she's completely overwhelmed and can't even find the words to speak,” Caguana’s brother, Carlos, told News 4 in Spanish.The cousin of a construction worker who was hurt in the collapse but survived said his relative would have suffered much worse injuries had it not been for his hammer. The family member told NBC New York his cousin had left the excavation pit to grab his hammer and was walking back when he heard a loud snap and some debris fell on him.The building that collapsed was a three-story building with a business on the ground floor and multiple apartments inside. It was located next to an excavation site where a one-story building had previously stood before being fully demolished in 2025.The collapsed building filled the construction pit with bricks and wood. The FDNY said there was work going on at the site at the time of the collapse. The crew was doing excavation work, the Department of Buildings said, with approved plans to build three-story building at the site. There were also plans for a nine-story building to be built, but the DOB said those plans had not yet been approved.NBC New York was unable to reach the owner of the building that collapsed. The owner of the construction site, a limited liability company run by Robert Fischman and his associates, did not immediately respond to messages.The building that appears to have collapsed (highlighted in red above) was located next to a construction site after the one-story building that had been there was fully demolished.Another building that shared a wall with the collapsed structure remained standing, but its wall was shorn off, exposing the rooms inside, including a bedroom and closets filled with clothing. Concerns about a secondary collapse remained, leaving another obstacle for firefighters and officials to navigate.The city’s Office of Emergency Management (NYCEM) advised people avoid the area, as traffic delays and road closures could be expected. Flatbush Avenue remained closed from Clarendon Road to Bedford Avenue through the night.The DOB said inspectors were at the scene to assist with recovery operations and to conduct structural stability inspections of surrounding buildings.New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on social media “My heart breaks for the family who lost a loved one in today's building collapse in Brooklyn. I'm keeping them in my thoughts and praying for everyone affected. My administration has reached out and offered its full support as authorities investigate what happened.”The American Red Cross said they had a team at the scene working with residents impacted by the collapse. The Red Cross and NYCEM opened a reception center at the Flatbush YMCA for any impacted or displaced residents, Mamdani said. As of 11 p.m., the Red Cross said six households, comprised of 11 adults and two children, had registered for emergency assistance.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Did China use a 'honeypot' to influence Nvidia CEO? US Congress wants answers
US lawmakers have raised national security concerns over Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's alleged relationship with a woman suspected of links to Chinese intelligence. Congressman Jamie Raskin and Senator Chuck Schumer have questioned the potential Chinese influence, while Nvidia's board has launched an investigation and is reportedly considering Huang's future amid growing controversy.
'Blew up in their face': Morning Joe spots twist behind GOP's shock loss
MS NOW's Joe Scarborough said Thursday that Republican and Supreme Court attacks on Black voting rights backfired, powering a wave that carried Democrat Scott Colom to victory in Mississippi — including in a county named for the Ku Klux Klan's first grand wizard.Speaking on "Morning Joe," Scarborough argued that Colom, Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms and other Black leaders won in part because of the assault on civil rights and voting rights carried out by the right. He pointed to what he called the Supreme Court's assault on the Civil Rights Act, and to Republicans openly echoing segregationists' view that it never should have passed."So these very things Republicans were doing, these very things the Supreme Court was doing, these very things the White House was doing to try to rig the system politically blew up in their face and caused a landslide unlike any other we have seen for most of our lifetimes," Scarborough said.Co-host Jonathan Lemire noted that Colom carried Forrest County, named for Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Klan's first grand wizard, and Jefferson Davis County, named for the president of the Confederacy. Fellow host Willie Geist added that Trump won Forrest County by 18 points two years ago, while Colom took it by 10.Colom unseated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith after more than a week of ballot counting, with the Associated Press calling the race Wednesday. He will be Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction and the first Democrat the state has elected to the Senate since 1982. Bottoms, who won Georgia's governor's race last week, will be the nation's first Black woman governor.Geist said Colom's viral ad, which mocked Hyde-Smith's response to rising beef prices when she said that voters had other proteins to choose from, may have been decisive.Earlier in the segment, the Rev. Al Sharpton called Colom's win a message "to the Supreme Court and others, you can gerrymander all you want, but we still are going to break through."The court's April ruling in Louisiana v. Callais weakened Section 2's protections against racially discriminatory maps. Republicans in several states then moved to break up majority-Black districts, and Black early voting then surged across the South, with stark jumps in Louisiana and South Carolina.Lemire said Southern states had rushed to redraw maps after the ruling, on top of redistricting Trump pushed starting in Texas, and that Black Americans who felt disenfranchised were highly motivated to vote.
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Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent — 4x8: "Family Tree" (Citytv)

Law & Order — 26x6: "Do No Harm" (NBC)

When a medical student is found dead under suspicious circumstances, Walker and Calvino uncover a shocking motive. Price faces a defense that asks whether a crime was committed at all. Maroun struggles with what the law demands and what feels fair.

Grey's Anatomy — 23x5: "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" (ABC)

Ask This Old House — 25x7: "BBQ Smoker; Picking Out a Tree" (PBS)

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-627 — SpaceX (04:36 UTC)
A classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.
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The angel falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.

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Today In History
2018 — Stan Lee, Marvel Comics Legend, Dies at 95
American comic book writer Stan Lee—who helped create such iconic characters and teams as the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Avengers, and the X-Men for Marvel Comics—died at age 95
2011 — Berlusconi's Resignation and Monti's Appointment
As Italy struggled amid the euro-zone debt crisis, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi submitted his letter of resignation; four days later he was succeeded by Mario Monti, who was tasked with leading Italy's economic recovery.
1994 — Wilma Rudolph Wins 3 Olympic Gold Medals
Sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame crippling childhood illnesses to become the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals in a single Olympics, died in Tennessee
1990 — Akihito enthroned
Japanese Emperor Akihito—according to tradition, the 125th direct descendant of Jimmu, Japan's legendary first emperor—was formally enthroned on this day in 1990, nearly two years after the death of his father, Hirohito
1980 — Voyager 1 Reaches Saturn
The U.S. space probe Voyager 1 reached the planet Saturn. Read our list of 10 places to visit in the solar system B.A. Smith/National Space Science Data Center
1971 — Arches National Park Established
Arches National Park—a desert area of sandstone formations in eastern Utah—was established; the region had been designated a national monument in 1929. Discover seven wonders of America
1970 — The Bhola Cyclone of 1970 in East Pakistan
The Bhola cyclone struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing hundreds of thousands of people in the densely populated Ganges-Brahmaputra delta; it was perhaps the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history and one of the greatest natural disasters
1954 — Closure of Ellis Island Immigration Center
The immigration reception centre at Ellis Island, New York, which processed more than 12 million immigrants, was closed. How much do you know about the United States?
1931 — Abbey Road Studios Opens in London
Abbey Road Studios opened in London in 1931 and later became famous as the recording location for the Beatles' albums.
1930 — First Round Table Conference on India's Future
The first Round Table Conference, called by the British government to consider the future constitution of India, opened in London
1918 — Austria Declares Itself a Democratic Republic
One day after Emperor Charles's abdication, the National Assembly of Austria resolved unanimously that "German Austria is a democratic republic" and "German Austria is a component part of the German republic."
1912 — Spanish Prime Minister José Canalejas Assassinated
Spanish Prime Minister José Canalejas was assassinated by the anarchist Manuel Pardiñas
1859 — Jules Léotard Performs First Flying Trapeze Act in Paris
The first flying trapeze act was performed, by Jules Léotard, without a net, in Paris. Léotard also popularized a one-piece garment named after him.
1833 — The Great Leonid Meteor Shower of 1833
The great Leonid meteor shower, in which hundreds of thousands of meteors were observed in one night, was seen all over North America, initiating the first serious study of meteor showers
1815 — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Demands Women's Suffrage in 1848
American activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was a leader in thewomen's rights movementand in 1848 formulated the first organized demand forwomen's suffragein the United States, was born

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