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* ... that Ron Tiavaasue was born in Samoa, grew up in New Zealand, played college football in the United States, and now plays professional football in Canada?
* ... that '''[[Ron Tiavaasue]]''' was born in Samoa, grew up in New Zealand, played [[college football]] in the United States, and now plays professional football in Canada?
* ... that between 1899 and 1923 the United States government issued 3,604,239,600 one-dollar Black Eagle Silver Certificates?
* ... that between 1899 and 1923 the United States government issued 3,604,239,600 one-dollar '''[[Black Eagle Silver Certificate]]s'''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Patrick J. Hessian]]''', the 16th [[Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army]], earned the [[Soldier's Medal]] for disarming a suicidal soldier who was holding a live grenade with the pin pulled?
* ... that David Gillespie became the chief surveyor of the United States boundary commission after the first surveyor was considered to be "insufferably arrogant"?
* ... that '''[[David Gillespie (surveyor)|David Gillespie]]''' became the chief surveyor of the United States boundary commission after the first surveyor was considered to be "insufferably arrogant"?
* ... that '''[[Helen Hornbeck Tanner]]''' was part of a major case supporting the [[Ojibwe]] before the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] while in her 80s?
* ... that '''[[Nathaniel Coe]]''' declined nomination to the [[United States Senate]], instead choosing to serve as an inspector for the [[United States Postal Service]]?
:[[Iran]] launches a wave of [[List of military equipment manufactured in Iran#Missiles|ballistic missile]] attacks against [[Israel]] in retaliation for the [[2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike]], killing a [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] [[civilian]] and injuring two others. The [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] had previously warned of an imminent Iranian attack, saying that such an attack would carry "severe consequences for Iran". [https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/oct/01/israel-lebanon-attacks-live-blog-ground-offensive-hezbollah-hamas-gaza-war (''The Guardian'')] [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-iran-us-warns-ballistic-missile-attack-amid-idf-ground-operations-lebanon-hezbollah/ (CBS News)] [https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/politics/iran-missile-attack-israel/index.html (CNN)]
:Over 45,000 [[dockworker]]s of the [[International Longshoremen's Association]] operating at thirty-six [[United States]] ports, primarily along the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] and the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]], begin a [[Strike action|labor strike]], following the failure of the ports to reach a deal for worker compensation and a ban on [[automation]]. [https://apnews.com/article/port-strike-ila-dockworkers-begins-e5468e760f46a64e4322d1702beb1f72 (AP)]
:The death toll from [[Hurricane Helene]] surpasses 160 people, with most of the deaths occurring in [[North Carolina]], making it the [[List of disasters in the United States by death toll|second-deadliest]] hurricane to strike the contiguous [[United States]] in the past fifty years, behind only [[Hurricane Katrina]]. [https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/hurricane-helene-damage-north-carolina-10-01-24#cm1qu5gm900003b6sga6o6yfz (CNN)]
:The [[Vice President of the United States|U.S. Vice President]] debate is held between [[Governor of Minnesota|Minnesota Governor]] [[Tim Walz]] and [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[JD Vance]]. [https://www.businessinsider.com/vance-walz-vp-vice-presidential-debate-highlights-2024-10 (Business Insider)] [https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/vp-debate-vance-walz-2024/ (CBS News)]
:[[Jimmy Carter]], the 39th [[President of the United States|president]] of the [[United States of America|United States]], celebrates his 100th birthday, becoming the first [[centenarian]] former U.S. president. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyldnlrnxdo (BBC News)]
:Israel informs the [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] that it will launch an imminent ground [[invasion]] of southern Lebanon in order to clear out [[Hezbollah]] infrastructure near Israeli border communities. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/30/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas-war-news-gaza/ (''The Washington Post'')]
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Greetings, Today Oct. 1, 2019 is a Tuesday, and calendar here shows Oct. 1 as Saturday. I'm clueless on how to fix, so asking for help here. Regards, JoeHebda (talk) 12:02, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure how many places it needs to get "put back"; I am only handling pages in Category:Idaho for now. But, please, feel free to list other "U.S." pages that list "State" Portals as a reply to this notice. Mjquinn_id (talk) 02:45, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]