History Tap No. 19: October 17, 2026

Round 1: historic event, world

2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit

Happened in Singapore, on June 12, 2018.

• Trump and Kim signed a joint statement, agreeing to security guarantees for North Korea, new peaceful relations, the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, recovery of soldiers' remains, and follow-up negotiations between high-level officials.
• High-level exchanges between the two sides then took place, including a visit by then–CIA director Mike Pompeo to Pyongyang and a visit by Kim Yong-chol, Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, to the White House.
• A second meeting was held between Trump and Kim in February 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Round 2: landmark

Little Rock Central High School

Built in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1905.

• Bates was an African-American journalist and state NAACP president who played a key role in bringing about, through the 1957 crisis, the integration of the school.
• A National Historic Landmark.
• Central can trace its origins to 1869 when the Sherman School operated in a wooden structure at 8th and Sherman streets; it graduated its first class on June 13, 1873.

Round 3: landmark

Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station

Opened in Pennsylvania, on September 2, 1974.

• The plant was the site of the most significant accident in United States commercial nuclear energy when, on March 28, 1979, TMI-2 suffered a partial meltdown.
• On December 18, 2020, FirstEnergy transferred Unit 2's license to EnergySolutions' subsidiary, TMI-2 Solutions, after receiving approval from the NRC.
• The reactor core of TMI-2 has since been removed from the site, but as of 2009 the site has not been fully decommissioned.

Round 4: historic event, world

Battle of Agincourt

Happened in Azincourt, France, on October 25, 1415.

• The unexpected victory of the vastly outnumbered English troops over the French army boosted English morale, crippled France, and began a new period of English dominance in the war.
• King Charles VI of France did not command the French army as he suffered from psychotic illnesses and associated mental incapacity.
• King Henry V of England led his troops into battle and participated in hand-to-hand fighting.

Round 5: pop culture

Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game

Happened in Michigan, on June 2, 2010.

• His bid for a perfect game was ruined one out short when first-base umpire Jim Joyce incorrectly ruled that Indians batter Jason Donald reached first base safely on a ground ball.
• In a Major League Baseball game played on June 2, 2010, at Detroit's Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga nearly became the 21st pitcher in Major League Baseball history to throw a perfect game.
• Galarraga instead finished with a one-hit shutout in a 3–0 victory.