Declassified report on aviation security [9/11 Commission] News
Declassified report on aviation security [9/11 Commission]

Staff Report on the Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, declassified February 10, 2005 [finding that the FAA had at least 52 warnings and intelligence on al-Qaeda between April and September 11, 2001, but none were specific enough to invoke specific security precautions]. Read the full text of the Report here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment

On October 6, 1991, law professor Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, turning his nomination hearings into a national spectacle. Thomas was approved by a full Senate vote of 52-48 on October 15. Read an excerpted version of Hill's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11.

Egypt President Anwar Sadat assassinated

On October 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by militants in retaliation for signing a peace treaty with Israel.