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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

October 23 - The Day in History

October 23 : General Interest
2002: Hostage crisis in Moscow theater

On October 23, 2002, about 50 Chechen rebels storm a Moscow theater, taking up to 700 people hostage during a sold-out performance of a popular musical... read more


American Revolution
1777 : British fleet suffers defeat at Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-fleet-suffers-defeat-at-fort-mifflin-pennsylvania

Automotive
1983 : U.S. Embassy in Beirut hit by massive car bomb
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-embassy-in-beirut-hit-by-massive-car-bomb

Civil War
1864 : Yankees and Rebels clash at the Battle of Westport
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-westport-missouri

Cold War
1956 : Hungarian protest turns violent
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hungarian-protest-turns-violent

Crime
1998 : An abortion-performing doctor is murdered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/an-abortion-performing-doctor-is-murdered

Disaster
1989 : Gas leak kills 23 at plastics factory
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gas-leak-kills-23-at-plastics-factory

General Interest
42 B.C. : Brutus commits suicide
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brutus-commits-suicide
1855 : Rival governments in bleeding Kansas
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rival-governments-in-bleeding-kansas
1983 : Beirut barracks blown up
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/beirut-barracks-blown-up

Hollywood
1925 : Johnny Carson is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnny-carson-is-born

Literary
1942 : Michael Crichton is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michael-crichton-is-born

Music
1976 : Chicago has its first #1 hit with "If You Leave Me Now"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chicago-has-its-first-1-hit-with-quotif-you-leave-me-nowquot

Old West
1813 : American fur traders turn over Astoria, Oregon, to the British
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-fur-traders-turn-over-astoria-oregon-to-the-british

Presidential
1890 : President Benjamin Harrison extends borders of Nebraska
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-benjamin-harrison-extends-borders-of-nebraska

Sports
1993 : Carter homers to win World Series
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carter-homers-to-win-world-series

Vietnam War
1965 : 1st Cavalry Division launches Operation Silver Bayonet
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/1st-cavalry-division-launches-operation-silver-bayonet
1972 : U.S. negotiators ask for further talks in Paris
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-negotiators-ask-for-further-talks-in-paris

World War I
1921 : Unknown Soldier is selected
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/unknown-soldier-is-selected

World War II
1941 : Soviets switch commanders in drive to halt Germans
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-switch-commanders-in-drive-to-halt-germans


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