Saturday, October 23, 2010

TODAY IN HISTORY

OCTOBER 23
1915:
More than 25,000 women march down New York City's Fifth Avenue, demanding the right to vote.

1983:
A suicide truck bomb detonates at the U.S. Marine Corps barracks at Beirut International Airport, killing 241 Marines, sailors, and soldiers. Minutes later, a second terrorist attack claims the lives of 58 paratroopers at the nearby French barracks.

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