UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2024 and the 43rd day of autumn.

Thought for Today:

Happiness and virtue depend on mutual affection. -- Seneca

On this date in history:

In 1425, the Duke of Bedford, regent of France for England’s infant king, Henry VI, founded the University of Caen in Normandy. In 1642, the Battle of Edgehill in the English Civil War ended in a draw, with both armies suffering heavy casualties. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in areas where the Union war effort was being obstructed. In 1915, the U.S. battleship Oklahoma was launched from the Union Iron Works in San Francisco. In 1942, the first battle of the World War II Battle of El Alamein in Egypt began between British and German forces. In 1976, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution equating Zionism with racism. The resolution was later rescinded in 1991. In 1983, a suicide bomber killed 24 U.S. Marines in Beirut, Lebanon. In 1992, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve the North American Free Trade Agreement. In 2001, Apple Computer Inc. released the iPod, a portable digital music player.

Birthdays:

Actor Anthony Quinn was born in 1915. Environmental activist Erin Brockovich was born in 1960. Singer-songwriter Neil Young was born in 1945. Author John Grisham was born in 1955.

Deaths:

Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff died in 1943. Actor Raymond Burr died in 1993. Actor Christopher Reeve died in 2004.

Observances:

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