Today in History: October 23, Apple iPod debuts
In the present day is Thursday Oct the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On Oct Apple distributed the iPod An estimated million iPod devices were sold before the line was discontinued in Also on this date In an estimated women marched on Fifth Avenue in New York City in aid of women s suffrage Related Articles Bad Bunny s Super Bowl halftime show is not being reconsidered NFL commissioner says US strikes eighth alleged drug-carrying boat this time in the Pacific Ocean Currently in History October Lance Armstrong stripped of Tour titles Former Colorado Amazon driver sues civil rights agency for dropping her affair after Trump s executive order Man pardoned after storming Capitol is charged with threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries In during World War II Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein el ah-lah-MAYN in Egypt resulting in an Allied forces supremacy In the Battle of Leyte LAY -tee Gulf began the largest naval battle of World War II resulted in a major Allied supremacy against Japanese forces paving the way for the retaking of the Philippines In a student-sparked revolt against Hungary s Communist rule began as the revolution spread Soviet forces entered the country ending the uprising on November In U S facility members the bulk 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 paratroopers In the U S Senate rejected the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H Bork - In people were killed in an explosion at a Phillips Petroleum chemical complex in Pasadena Texas In a Houston jury convicted Yolanda Saldivar of murdering Tejano serenading star Selena Saldivar was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole and remains in prison In Chechen rebels stormed a Moscow theater and took about hostages demanding that Russian forces withdraw from Chechnya Russian special forces raided the theater on Oct greater part of the rebels and hostages were killed In the present day s Birthdays Film director Philip Kaufman is Advocate and humanitarian Gra a Machel is Film director Ang Lee is Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is Country singer Dwight Yoakam is Activist and philanthropist Martin Luther King III is Author and commentator Michael Eric Dyson is Film director Sam Raimi is Comedic musician Weird Al Yankovic is Rock musician Robert Trujillo Metallica is Racing driver and paracyclist Alex Zanardi is CNN therapeutic reporter Dr Sanjay Gupta is TV personality Cat Deeley is Actor Ryan Reynolds is TV personality author and political commentator Meghan McCain is R B singer Miguel is Actor Emilia Clarke is Actor Margaret Qualley is Actor Amandla Stenberg is
