On this day in history
October 23
American
1983A suicide truck bomb destroys the United States Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 American servicemen in …
A suicide truck bomb destroys the United States Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 American servicemen in the deadliest single day for the Marines since Iwo Jima.
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1915Some 25,000 women march down Fifth Avenue in New York demanding the vote, the largest suffrage parade in Ameri…
Some 25,000 women march down Fifth Avenue in New York demanding the vote, the largest suffrage parade in American history.
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World
1956Hungarian students and workers rise against Soviet rule in Budapest, beginning a revolution Moscow will crush …
Hungarian students and workers rise against Soviet rule in Budapest, beginning a revolution Moscow will crush with tanks within weeks.
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2002Chechen gunmen seize a Moscow theater with 850 hostages; Russian forces end the siege with gas that kills 130 …
Chechen gunmen seize a Moscow theater with 850 hostages; Russian forces end the siege with gas that kills 130 hostages along with the attackers.
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1911An Italian pilot flies the first wartime reconnaissance mission in history over Libya, making the airplane a w…
An Italian pilot flies the first wartime reconnaissance mission in history over Libya, making the airplane a weapon of war.
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1739Britain declares war on Spain in the War of Jenkins Ear, named for a merchant captain whose severed ear outrag…
Britain declares war on Spain in the War of Jenkins Ear, named for a merchant captain whose severed ear outraged Parliament.
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