10-23-2004, 02:48 AM
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October 23rd
4004 BC ~ The universe was created, according to the Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar.
1723 ~ War of Jenkins' Ear started: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
1892 ~ Birthday of Gummo Marx, actor, comedian, Marx Brothers.
1915 ~ Woman's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women marched up Fifth Avenue to demand the right to vote.
1935 ~ Birthday of Chi Chi Rodriguez, golf champion.
1940 ~ Birthday of Pelé, Football Player Extraordinaire.
1942 ~ World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein started - At El Alamein in Egypt, British forces begin a major offensive against Axis forces.
1942 ~ Birthday of Michael Crichton, writer.
1958 ~ Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced a new set of comic strip characters “The Smurfs”.
1998 ~ Death of Dr. Barnett Slepian, physician.
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