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Puzzle for September 6, 2026

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1959

📚 Art & Literature

Blood on the page: Perry Smith and Perry Smith's accomplice murder four members of the Clutter family near Holcomb, Kansas, a crime Truman Capote would later detail in his non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.

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Richard Hickock

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đź‘‘ Power & Headlines

De Gaulle takes the helm: Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the government established by the Constitution of October 4th.

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French Fifth Republic

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🌍 World Event

Batista's bad first day: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces on the first day of the new year.

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Cuban Revolution

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🕯️ Famous Death

General, Nobel, gone: George Marshall, American general, politician, and Nobel Prize laureate, died having served as the third in his cabinet role overseeing the U.S. Armed Forces.

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United States Secretary of Defense

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