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10/27/2026
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New York State public and private high school seniors can apply to CUNY for free during the application fee waiver period, October 15 through November 16, 2026.

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On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia after over 7,000 British and German troops were taken as prisoners by American and French troops. The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution.

While no contemporary proof exists, legend has it that hours after the surrender, British troops marched out of Yorktown to the tune “The World Turned Upside Down.” Almost two years later, the signing of the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783, brought an official end to the Revolutionary War.

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10/18/2026

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On October 18, 1945, the United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia issued an indictment against 24 N**i leaders for war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity.

Three top N**i leaders — Adolf Hi**er, Heinrich Himmler, and Joseph Goebbels — had committed su***de, leaving the Allies with the question of who to hold accountable. Twenty-two of the surviving N**i elite ultimately stood trial before an international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

Leading the prosecution was Robert Jackson, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who hoped that the trial would make a statement that crimes against humanity would never again go unpunished. One journalist described it as a chance "to see justice catch up with evil."

During the trial, most defendants admitted to the crimes of which they were accused but argued they were following orders, generally claiming ignorance of a larger plan and distancing themselves from the chain of command.

Thirteen of the defendants — those directly involved in the killings — received death sentences. Seven, who played key roles in the Holocaust, including high-level government officials and business executives who used concentration camp inmates as forced laborers, received prison sentences. Three were acquitted.

📸: View of the defendants in the dock at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, November 1945. (Raymond D’Addario/Public Domain)

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