[SluggerWV A picture is worth a thousand words.]

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• <LI>Wildfires in Southern California result in the evacuation of more than 315,000 people. <LI>Joaquim Chissano (pictured) wins the inaugural Prize for Achievement in African Leadership for "his role in leading Mozambique from conflict to peace and democracy". <LI>A new Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China is formed and Hu Jintao is confirmed for another term as General Secretary at the 17th National Congress. <LI>The Civic Platform led by Donald Tusk wins parliamentary elections in Poland. <LI>Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-10 returns from the International Space Station. <LI>The Swiss People's Party wins federal elections in Switzerland. </LI>

Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
</TD></TR><TR><TH><H2><SPAN class=mw-headline>On this day...</SPAN></H2></TH></TR><TR><TD>October 23: National Day in Hungary (1956); Chulalongkorn Memorial Day in Thailand.

• <LI>1642 – The Battle of Edgehill, the first pitched battle of the First English Civil War between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, was fought to an inconclusive result near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire. <LI>1906 – Early flight: Alberto Santos-Dumont (pictured) flew the 14-bis aircraft for 60 metres (200 ft) at a height of two to three metres (10 ft). <LI>1955 – Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem defeated Emperor Bao Dai in a fraudulent referendum supervised by his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu on the future of the monarchy in South Vietnam. <LI>1956 – The Hungarian Revolution began as a peaceful student demonstration which attracted thousands as it marched through central Budapest to the Parliament building. <LI>1983 – Lebanese Civil War: Suicide bombers destroyed two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 U.S. Marines and 58 French paratroopers of the international peacekeeping force. </LI>

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[MadProfesor]

ooh ello!

[clizzark has cockbreath]

16 year olds FTW!!!!

[AJXTERRA]

I like the hooker on the left... :)

[fish]

the 1 on the right is sexier

[DonkDon]

This thread needs some camel toe, but not gay animal pictures.

[DaVols]

does anybody else wonder where he gets all of his pics from?

[TheMayor]

Not enough oct 24th facts so far.

[doomed222]

I agree where's the daily dosage of knowledge?

[SluggerWV A picture is worth a thousand words.]

<SPAN class=mw-headline>Events
</SPAN>

• <LI><A title="42 BCE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_BCE">
  42 BCE</A> - Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide. <LI>425 - Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6. <LI>502 - The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
  <LI>1086 - At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI. <LI>1157 - The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.
  <LI>1641 - Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 - anniversary commemorated by Irish Protestants for over 200 years. <LI>1642 - Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War. <LI>1694 - American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec. <LI>1707 - The first Parliament of Great Britain, i.e., the United Kingdom, meets. <LI>1739 - War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
  <LI>1812 - Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he was now the commandant of Paris. De Malet is executed on October 29. <LI>1813 - The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom).
  <LI>1855 - Kansas Free State forces set up a competing government under their Topeka, Kansas, constitution, which outlaws slavery in the United States territory. <LI>1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases. <LI>1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Westport - Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City.
  <LI>1867 - 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate. <LI>1870 - Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory. <LI>1906 - Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
  <LI>1911 - First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War. <LI>1912 - First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins. <LI>1915 - Woman's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote. <LI>1917 - Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
  <LI>1929 - Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic. <LI>1929 - The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California.
  <LI>1930 - The first miniature golf tournament was completed in Chattanooga, Tennessee. <LI>1935 - Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz are fatally shot at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre. <LI>1941 - World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations designed to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the German armies from capturing Moscow.
  <LI>1941 - Burning of the Odessa, Ukraine, Jews: 19,000 Jews are burned alive at Dalnik in Odessa, by Romanian and German troops. The next day, another 10,000 Jews are killed. Romanian Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolae Deleanu administered the executions. <LI>1942 - World War II: The Second Battle of El Alamein starts - At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begin a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt, never to return.
  
  <LI>1942 - All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Among the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory", "Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii"). <LI>1944 - World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf begins - The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines; and also, the Soviet Red Army enters Hungary. <LI>1946 - The United Nations General Assembly convened for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
  
  <LI>1956 - Thousands of Hungarians protest against the goverment and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
  <LI>1958 - The Springhill Mine Bump - An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, marking the death toll at 74.
  <LI>1965 - Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launch a new operation, seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands).
  <LI>1973 - The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations about the scandal. <LI>1973 - A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria. <LI>1983 - Lebanon Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. Marines. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
  <LI>1989 - The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szurös, replacing the communist Hungarian People's Republic. <LI>1992 - Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.
  <LI>1998 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement. <LI>2001 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army of Northern Ireland commences disarmament after peace talks.
  <LI>2002 - Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen rebels seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage. <LI>2004 - Brazil's "Operation Cajuana" launches its first rocket into space, the VSB-30, just 14 months after its space program was hit a deadly launch pad accident. <LI>2004 - A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
  
  </LI>

<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[edit]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Births</SPAN></H2>

• <LI>1503 - Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) <LI>1698 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (d. 1782) <LI>1705 - Maximilian Ulysses Reichsgraf von Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) <LI>1715 - Peter II of Russia (d. 1730) <LI>1762 - Samuel Morey, American inventor (d. 1843)
  <LI>1766 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (d. 1847) <LI>1771 - Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813) <LI>1790 - Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860) <LI>1796 - Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1857) <LI>1801 - Albert Lortzing, German composer (d. 1851) <LI>1805 - John Russell Bartlett, American linguist (d. 1886) <LI>1813 - Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848)
  <LI>1817 - Pierre Athanase Larousse, French lexicographer (d. 1875) <LI>1835 - Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (d. 1914) <LI>1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923) <LI>1844 - Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930) <LI>1865 - Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918) <LI>1869 - John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936) <LI>1870 - Bishop Francis Kelley, Catholic Bishop of Oklahoma (d. 1948)
  <LI>1875 - Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (d. 1946) <LI>1876 - Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970) <LI>1880 - Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959) <LI>1885 - Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970) <LI>1888 - Onésime Gagnon, Canadian politician (d. 1961) <LI>1893 - Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977) <LI>1894 - Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966) <LI>1896 - André Lévêque, French engineer (d. 1930)
  <LI>1900 - Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (d. 1958) <LI>1904 - Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995) <LI>1905 - Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983) <LI>1905 - Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003) <LI>1908 - Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) <LI>1909 - Zellig Harris, American linguist (d. 1992) <LI>1918 - James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
  <LI>1919 - Manolis Andronikos, Greek archeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (d. 1992) <LI>1920 - Ted Fujita, Japanese meteorologist (d. 1998) <LI>1922 - Coleen Gray, American actress <LI>1923 - Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar and poet <LI>1923 - Ned Rorem, American composer
  <LI>1923 - Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974) <LI>1925 - Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005) <LI>1925 - Fred Shero, Canadian hockey player and coach (d. 1990) <LI>1925 - Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (d. 1994) <LI>1927 - Leszek Kolakowski, Polish philosopher <LI>1931 - Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician <LI>1931 - Diana Dors, British actress (d. 1984)
  <LI>1935 - Chi Chi Rodriguez, Puerto Rican golfer <LI>1936 - Philip Kaufman, American film director <LI>1939 - Ellie Greenwich, American singer <LI>1940 - Pelé, Brazilian footballer <LI>1941 - Igor Smirnov, Moldovan politician <LI>1942 - Michael Crichton, American writer
  <LI>1942 - Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007) <LI>1944 - Mike Harding, English singer and comedian <LI>1945 - Kim Larsen, Danish singer <LI>1946 - Graça Machel, wife of Nelson Mandela <LI>1946 - Mel Martinez, American politician <LI>1948 - Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born entrepreneur <LI>1949 - Nick Tosches, American writer
  <LI>1949 - Michael 'Wurzel' Burston, British musician, Former member of Motörhead <LI>1951 - Charly Garcia, Argentine singer <LI>1951 - Fatmir Sejdiu, President of Kosovo <LI>1952 - Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist (d. 2005) <LI>1954 - Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director
  <LI>1956 - Dwight Yoakam, American singer <LI>1958 - Nancy Grace, American former prosecutor <LI>1959 - Sam Raimi, American film director <LI>1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist
  <LI>1960 - Wayne Rainey, American motorcyclist <LI>1961 - Laurie Halse Anderson, American writer <LI>1961 - Don and Ron Harris, American professional wrestlers
  <LI>1962 - Doug Flutie, American football player <LI>1964 - Robert Trujillo, American bassist <LI>1965 - Al Leiter, American baseball player <LI>1965 - Augusten Burroughs, American writer
  <LI>1966 - Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver <LI>1967 - Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont) <LI>1969 - Trudi Canavan, Australian writer <LI>1970 - Jasmin St. Claire, West Indian actress <LI>1971 - Christopher Horner, American cyclist <LI>1974 - Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer <LI>1975 - Odalys Garcia, Cuban actress <LI>1975 - Jessicka, American artist
  <LI>1975 - Keith Van Horn, American basketball player <LI>1976 - Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and comedian <LI>1976 - Cat Deeley, English model and television personality <LI>1978 - Steve Harmison, English cricketer <LI>1978 - Archie Thompson, Australian footballer <LI>1979 - Jorge Solis, Mexican professional boxer <LI>1979 - Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
  . <LI>1980 - Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player <LI>1981 - Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver <LI>1982 - Mirel Radoi, Romanian footballer <LI>1982 - Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer <LI>1983 - Josh Strickland, American entertainer <LI>1983 - Filipos Darlas, Greek footballer
  <LI>1984 - Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model <LI>1985 - James Kotecki, American political blogger <LI>1986 - Jake Robinson, English footballer <LI>1987 - Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play) <LI>1988 - Nicolaj Agger, Danish football player <LI>1990 - Stevie Brock, American singer <LI>1991 - Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan
  </LI>

<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[edit]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Deaths</SPAN></H2>

• <LI>42 BC - Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator (b. 85 BC) <LI>930 - Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) <LI>1456 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) <LI>1550 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)
  
  <LI>1581 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) <LI>1616 - Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) <LI>1688 - Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (b. 1610) <LI>1730 - Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683) <LI>1764 - Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683)
  <LI>1774 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715) <LI>1869 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799) <LI>1872 - Théophile Gautier, French writer (b. 1811) <LI>1885 - Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (b. 1829) <LI>1910 - Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b. 1853)
  <LI>1915 - W. G. Grace, English cricketer (b. 1848) <LI>1921 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (b. 1840) <LI>1939 - Zane Grey, American author (b. 1872) <LI>1942 - Ralph Rainger, American composer (b. 1901) <LI>1944 - Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) <LI>1950 - Al Jolson, American singer and actor (b. 1886) <LI>1959 - Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
  <LI>1978 - Maybelle Carter, American guitarist and musical innovator (b. 1909) <LI>1983 - Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947) <LI>1984 - James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (b. 1892) <LI>1984 - Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (b. 1922) <LI>1986 - Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1893) <LI>1989 - Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911)
  <LI>1990 - Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918) <LI>1996 - Bob Grim, baseball player (b. 1930) <LI>1997 - Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916) <LI>1998 - Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)
  <LI>2001 - Ronald William Kirby, British artist (b. 1928) <LI>2002 - Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1915) <LI>2003 - Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1944) <LI>2003 - Soong May-ling, wife of the President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1897)
  <LI>2004 - Robert Merrill, American baritone (b. 1919) <LI>2005 - Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (b. 1945) <LI>2005 - William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948) <LI>2005 - John Muth, American economist (b. 1930)
  <LI>2006 - Lebo Mathosa, South African entertainer (b. 1977) <LI>2007 - John Ilhan, Australian entrepreneur, Crazy John's mobile phones (b. 1965) <LI>2007 - Lim Goh Tong, Founder of Genting Group (b. 1918) </LI>

<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[edit]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Holidays and observances
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• <LI><A title="Calendar of Saints" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_Saints">
  R.C. Saints</A> - Saint Giovanni da Capistrano; Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius <LI>Hungary - National Day (revolution of 1956 and the proclamation of the Republic of Hungary in 1989)
  <LI>Astrology: First day of sun sign Scorpio in Western tropical astrology. <LI>Chemistry: Mole Day <LI>French Republican Calendar - Céleri (Celery) Day, second day in the Month of Brumaire <LI>Chulalongkorn Memorial Day in Thailand
  </LI>

[SluggerWV A picture is worth a thousand words.]

happy birthday to weird al yankovic

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[SluggerWV A picture is worth a thousand words.]

<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1997</SPAN>"Triumph of Love," opens at Royale Theater New York City
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1997</SPAN><SPAN class=body> At 6:11 AM San Francisco experiences a black out </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1997</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Dow Jones drops 186.88 pts </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1997</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1996</SPAN><SPAN class=body> New York Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1994</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 3rd Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 13-7 at Greenbrier WV </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1993</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 7 killed by IRA-bomb attack in Belfast
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1993</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Paramilitia kills 22 demonstrators at Bijbihara Kashmir </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1993</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Tor Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2, in 89th World Series </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1991</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Les Miserables," opens at Mogador Theatre, Paris </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1991</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1991</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1990</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1989</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1989</SPAN><SPAN class=body> George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976-89" album </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1989</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Hungary proclaims itself a republic and declares communist rule ended
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1989</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. 62nd manned space mission STS 34 (Atlantis 5) returns from space </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1989</SPAN><SPAN class=body> William Nicholson's "Shadowlands," premieres in London </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1987</SPAN><SPAN class=body> France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1987</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> STS 51-A launch vehicle moves to launch pad </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1983</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 13th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1983</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 14th New York City Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1983</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 400,000 demonstrate in Brussels, against cruise missile </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1983</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 U.S. personnel in Beirut </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1980</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Tintypes" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 93 performances
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1980</SPAN><SPAN class=body> McCosker (168) and Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW vs. WA </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1980</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Soviet PM Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1979</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Billy Martin is involved in a barroom altercation with Joseph Cooper, a Minnesota marshmallow salesman. Cooper requires 15 stitches </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1978</SPAN><SPAN class=body> CBS raises LP prices to $8.98
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1978</SPAN><SPAN class=body> China and Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1978</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Sid Vicious attempts suicide while at Riker's Detention Center in New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1977</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 7th New York City Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:43:10
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1977</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 8th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:38 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1977</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Panamanians vote 2:1 to approve new Canal treaties </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1977</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces that 34-billion-year-old one-celled fossils, the earliest life forms, had been discovered </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1975</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1975</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Islander Glenn Resch's 5th shut-out opponent-Flyers 3-0
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1974</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Cubs trade Billy Williams to A's for Manny Trillo, Knowles and Locker </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1974</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> UN's revised International Telecommunication Convention adopted </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Yankee GM and President Lee MacPhail named AL president </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1972</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Pippin" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1944 performances
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1972</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1972</SPAN><SPAN class=body> WNJS TV channel 23 in Camden, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1971</SPAN><SPAN class=body> WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida (ABC) begins </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1970</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,001 kph) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1969</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Jimmy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 84 performances
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1968</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Maggie Flynn" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 82 performances </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1968</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1967</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Henry, Sweet Henry" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 80 performances </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1967</SPAN><SPAN class=body> New Jersey Americans (later NY/New Jersey Nets) play 1st ABA game
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1966</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Sandra Spuzich/Jack Rule wins Haig and Haig Scotch Mixed Foursome Golf </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1964</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1964</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Time Magazine uses term "op art" for 1st time
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1963</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park," premieres in New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Adlai Stevenson speaks at United Nations about Cuba crisis </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800m </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> WCIV TV channel 4 in Charleston, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1961</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Kwamina" opens at 54th St. Theater New York City for 32 performances
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1961</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1959</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Chinese troops move into India, 17 die </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1958</SPAN><SPAN class=body> De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave" </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1958</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1958</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S.S.R. lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1957</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1956</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1956</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Revolt against Stalinist policies begins in Hungary </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1955</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1954</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Britain, England, France and U.S.S.R. agree to end occupation of Germany
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1954</SPAN><SPAN class=body> German FR joins NATO </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1954</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Pakistan governor-general Ghoelan Mohammed disbands parliament </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1954</SPAN><SPAN class=body> WSAU TV channel 7 in Wausau, Wisconsin (CBS) begins broadcasting
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1953</SPAN><SPAN class=body> France grants Laos' sovereignty </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1953</SPAN><SPAN class=body> German FR applies to NATO </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1953</SPAN><SPAN class=body> WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1947</SPAN><SPAN class=body> NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1947</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Husband and wife Dr. Carl Cori and Dr. Gerty Cori are 1st spouses to be awarded joint Nobel Prizes </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1946</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.N. General Assembly 2nd session convenes (1st New York City-Flushing Meadows) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1945</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st Central Kitchen opens in Amsterdam
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Gulf of Leyte battle begin </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Soviet army invades Hungary </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Vice-adm Kurita's sailboat Atago sinks </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1943</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st Jewish transport out of Rome reaches camp Birkenau </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1943</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Burma railway opens
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1942</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st ships of invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1942</SPAN><SPAN class=body> During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1942</SPAN><SPAN class=body> German units go through Red October-factory in Stalingrad </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1941</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1935</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Gabby Hartnett selected NL MVP
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1935</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Johnny Revolta wins PGA golf tournament </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1934</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain balloon height of 17.341 m (rec) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1932</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Fred Allen Show" premieres on radio </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1932</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Pieter G. Marais, South Africa minister of Education/Development aid
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1927</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Town of Netanya Israel founded by Nathan Strauss </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1923</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1923</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Giants defeat Baltimore Orioles 9-0 to benefit former Giants owner John Day
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1922</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Channing Pollock's "Fool," premieres in New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1922</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Conservative A Bonar forms new government in England </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1921</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1921</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Leos Janacek's opera "Kat'a Kabanova," premieres in Brno </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1920</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1919</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Romberg and Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1918</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1917</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st U.S. shot in WW I </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1917</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Lenin speaks against Kamenev, Kollontai, Stalin and Trotsky </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1915</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st national horseshoe throwing championship (Kellerton, Iowa) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1915</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding right to vote
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1910</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1910</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Philadelphia A's beat Chicago Cubs 4 games to 1 in 7th World Series </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1910</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Ritz Hotel in Madrid opens: 200 chambers/100 bathtubs </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1905</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Edward Milton Royle's "Squaw Man," premieres in New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1893</SPAN><SPAN class=body> C Dazey's "In Old Kentucky" premieres in New York City (27 seasons) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1890</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St. Petersburg) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1888</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Pelham Bay Park in Bronx, vested </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1886</SPAN><SPAN class=body> St. Louis Browns win World Championship by beating Chicago 4-3 in 10
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1884</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st World Series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats New York Mets (AA) 6-0 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1876</SPAN><SPAN class=body> New Orleans Mint reopens as an assay office </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1871</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Columbia and Sappho (U.S.) beat Livonia (UK) in 3rd America's Cup </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1864</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle of Westport, Missouri </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1864</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1854</SPAN><SPAN class=body> The Times give precise British positions in Krim </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1853</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Maastricht-Aken railway in Netherlands opens </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1824</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st steam locomotive is introduced </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1814</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st plastic surgery is performed (England) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1812</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Failed coup against emperor Napoleon </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1805</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1775</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1760</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st Jewish prayer books printed in U.S. </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1702</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1690</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1684</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1681</SPAN><SPAN class=body> French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1679</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Meal Tub Plot against James II of England </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1668</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1644</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1642</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1588</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1520</SPAN><SPAN class=body> King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1229</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Otto II becomes earl of Gelre </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 1086</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 787</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 23, 585</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Macon (Mastico)</SPAN>

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happy birthday to dwight yoakam singing a thousand miles from nowhere

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I really like his music

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dwight yoakam turn it on turn it up turn me loose

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dwight doing buck owens' streets of bakersfield

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guitars cadiallacs

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fast as you

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happy birthday Doug Flutie

Flutie's career record at Boston College vs WVU 0-4

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amazing as usual

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