El Alamein
Today in History: October 23
Today in History: October 23: In 1915, 25,000 women marched on Fifth Avenue in New York City in support of women’s suffrage. In 1942, during World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt. In 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf began; the largest naval battle of World War II resulted in a major Allied victory against Japanese forces. In 1956, a student-sparked revolt against Hungary’s Communist rule began; as the revolution spread, Soviet forces started entering the country, putting down the uprising within weeks . In 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at the U.S. Marine Corps barracks at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon, while a near-simultaneous attack on French barracks in Beirut killed 58 paratroopers. In 1987, the U.S. Senate rejected the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork 58-42. In 1995, a jury in Houston convicted Yolanda Saldivar of murdering Tejano singing star Selena.