Just starting a "this day in military history" thread.
Everyone's invited to continue this thread.
Here's a couple of sources you can use:![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
http://www.britannica.com/eb/dailycontent?tocId=9397083#event
http://www.historychannel.com/today/
October 23
42. B.C: Brutus commits suicide:
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=general&month=10272962&day=10272988
1864, Civil War:
Battle of Westport, Missouri
Confederate GEN Sterling Price was defeated at the Battle of Westport, MO, ending Civil War fighting west of the Mississippi River.
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=civil&month=10272962&day=10272988
1941 Soviets switch commanders in drive to halt Germans
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=worldwarii&month=10272962&day=10272988
1942: The British, led by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, launched a successful infantry attack against the Germans at El-Alamein, Egypt, during World War II.
1944: During World War II, U.S. forces under the leadership of Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., commenced a decisive air and sea battle against the Japanese on the central Philippine island of Leyte.
1965, Vietnam War:
1st Cavalry Division launches Operation Silver Bayonet
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=vietnamwar&month=10272962&day=10272988
Everyone's invited to continue this thread.
Here's a couple of sources you can use:
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
http://www.britannica.com/eb/dailycontent?tocId=9397083#event
http://www.historychannel.com/today/
October 23
BEIRUT BARRACKS BLOWN UP:
October 23, 1983
A suicide bomber drives a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. That same morning, 58 French soldiers were killed in their barracks two miles away in a separate suicide terrorist attack. The U.S. Marines were part of a multinational force sent to Lebanon in August 1982 to oversee the Palestinian withdrawal from Lebanon. From its inception, the mission was plagued with problems--and a mounting body count.
42. B.C: Brutus commits suicide:
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=general&month=10272962&day=10272988
1864, Civil War:
Battle of Westport, Missouri
Confederate GEN Sterling Price was defeated at the Battle of Westport, MO, ending Civil War fighting west of the Mississippi River.
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=civil&month=10272962&day=10272988
1941 Soviets switch commanders in drive to halt Germans
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=worldwarii&month=10272962&day=10272988
1942: The British, led by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, launched a successful infantry attack against the Germans at El-Alamein, Egypt, during World War II.
1944: During World War II, U.S. forces under the leadership of Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., commenced a decisive air and sea battle against the Japanese on the central Philippine island of Leyte.
1965, Vietnam War:
1st Cavalry Division launches Operation Silver Bayonet
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=vietnamwar&month=10272962&day=10272988