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Today in History: September 18, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies

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Today is Friday, Sept. 18, the 261st day of 2026. There are 104 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering champion of women’s rights who became the court’s second female justice, died at her home in Washington at age 87 of complications...

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