On This Day (October 23)

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• 42 BCE - Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide.
• 1642 – The Battle of Edgehill, the first pitched battle of the First English Civil War between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, was fought to an inconclusive result near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire.
• 1861 - President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
• 1893 - Gummo_Marx, American actor born. (d. 1977)
• 1906 – Early flight: Alberto Santos-Dumont (pictured) flew the 14-bis aircraft for 60 metres (200 ft) at a height of two to three metres (10 ft).
• 1915 - Woman's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote.
• 1925 - Johnny_Carson, American television host born. (d. 2005)
• 1929 - Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic.
• 1939 - Zane_Grey, American author died. (b. 1872)
• 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf begins - The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines; and also, the Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
• 1950 - Al_Jolson, American singer and actor died. (b. 1886)
• 1955 – Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem defeated Emperor Bao Dai in a fraudulent referendum supervised by his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu on the future of the monarchy in South Vietnam.
• 1956 – The Hungarian Revolution began as a peaceful student demonstration which attracted thousands as it marched through central Budapest to the Parliament building.
• 1983 – Lebanese Civil War: Suicide bombers destroyed two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 U.S. Marines and 58 French paratroopers of the international peacekeeping force.
• 1986 - Edward_Adelbert_Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine died. (b. 1893) - I had the priviledge of meeting Dr. Doisy once.