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Neil Sheehan, American journalist and author (died 2021)

Neil Sheehan

American journalist (1936–2021)

Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan was an American journalist. As a reporter for The New York Times in 1971, Sheehan obtained the classified Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg. His series of articles revealed a secret United States Department of Defense history of the Vietnam War and…
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October 27

Day of the year

October 27 is the 300th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 65 days remain until the end of the year.
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