November 6, 2026
History
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Today is Saturday, July 18, the 199th day of 2026. There are 166 days left in the year.
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America’s 250th: The Presidents: Thomas Jefferson
A highly educated Virginian born to a wealthy planter family in 1743, Thomas Jefferson was a polymath who worked in multiple disciplines including science, architecture, philosophy and much more. He was an advocate for universal rights who kept more than 600 slaves.
America’s 250th: The Philosophers: Thomas Paine
Like his friend Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine was a philosopher, inventor, author and statesman. Born in England in 1737, Paine did not immigrate to the colonies until 1774 but did so with Franklin’s help.
