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citizensvoice.com > 08/25/2026 > america-250-objects-no-2-pencil

How the No. 2 pencil became a uniquely American school supply staple

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (440+ words) For generations of Americans, a sharpened No. 2 pencil has represented childhood and coming of age. Still a fixture of back-to-school shopping lists, it outlines a child’s first letters, erases their mistakes and lets them doodle in the margins when they…...

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citizensvoice.com > 08/25/2026 > today-in-history-august-25-singer-aaliyah-killed-in-plane-crash

Today in History: August 25, singer Aaliyah killed in plane crash

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (352+ words) Today is Tuesday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2026. There are 128 days left in the year. On Aug. 25, 2001, R&B singer Aaliyah (ah-LEE’-yah) was killed with eight others in a plane crash in the Bahamas; she was 22. In 1875, Matthew Webb became…...