October 23
NATIONAL Mole Day
NATIONAL iPod Day
NATIONAL Boston Cream Pie Day
NATIONAL Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day
NATIONAL TV Talk Show Host Day [Johnny Carson's birthday]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1641 In Ireland, Catholics rise against the Protestants and massacre more than 40,000 men, women and children
1915 25,000 women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote
1983 A suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International airport in Lebanon killed 241 US Marines and sailors. At the same time, another incident occurred at French military headquarters, where 58 die and 15 are injured.
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