Today in History
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2002 Dubrovka Theater Hostage Crisis
About 50 Chechen rebels led by Movsar Barayev took over the Dubrovka Theater in Moscow during the p
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2001 Apple announces the first iPod Player
The iPod is the world's best-selling portable media player. Already 6 years after its initial launch
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1998 Swatch Announces Internet Time
The Swiss watch company invented a new unit of time called the .beat, which corresponds to 1 minute
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1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing
Two bombs exploded in front of American and French barracks during the Lebanese Civil War, killing a
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1964 Jean-Paul Sartre Turns Down Nobel Prize
The French existentialist philosopher and writer published a letter in the newspaper Le Figaro to ex
Births On This Day,
October, 23
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1959 "Weird Al" Yankovic
American singer-songwriter, comedian, actor
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1957 Paul Kagame
Rwandan politician, 6th President of Rwanda
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1942 Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, director, producer
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1940 Pelé
Brazilian footballer
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1925 Johnny Carson
American television host
Deaths On This Day,
October, 23
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2000 Yokozuna
American wrestler
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1957 Christian Dior
French fashion designer, founded S.A.
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1950 Al Jolson
Lithuanian/American singer, actor
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1921 John Boyd Dunlop
Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber
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1915 W. G. Grace
English cricketer