1086 A Muslim army from Africa defeats Castile's Alfonso VI October 23 at Zallaka Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Berber leader of the Almoravids, sends cartloads of Christian heads to the chief cities of Spain and Africa's Magrib as evidence of his victory

1679 Meal Tub Plot against James II of England

1775 Continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army

1790 Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed)

1805 Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340

1864 Battle of Westport, Missouri

1864 Union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price

1871 Columbia and Sappho (US) beat Livonia (UK) in 3rd America's Cup

1876 New Orleans Mint reopens as an assay office

1910 Blanche Scott became First woman solo a public airplane flight

1915 25,000 women march in NYC, demanding right to vote

1917 The Canadian Railway War Board holds its first meeting in the Canadian Pacific Boardroom in Windsor Station, Montreal. The name was changed to the Railway Association of Canada in 1919. The RAC represents the interests of all railways operating in Canada.

1927 City of Netanya, Israel founded

1932 "Fred Allen Show" premieres on radio

1941 Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released

1942 During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt

1944 Soviet army invades Hungary

1944 The largest naval battle in the history of warfare was fought near Leyte Gulf in the Philippines on Oct 23-26, 1944

1946 UN General Assembly 2nd session convenes (First NYC) (Flushing Meadows)

1947 NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN

1954 Britain, England, France and USSR agree to end occupation of Germany

1956 First video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast

1956 Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary

1957 First test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3

1958 Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature

1958 USSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam

1962 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m

1968 Kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec)

1970 Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph)

1973 Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica

1977 Panamanians vote 2 1 to approve the new Canal treaties

1980 Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns, due to illness

1981 US national debt hits $1 trillion

1983 Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut

1983 Truck bomb in Beirut kills 241 US soldiers

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