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October 23, 2024
[edit]- 1798 – War of the Second Coalition: The Ottoman–Albanian forces of Ali Pasha of Janina defeated French troops and captured the town of Preveza at the Battle of Nicopolis.
- 1850 – The inaugural National Women's Rights Convention, presided over by American activist Paulina Wright Davis (pictured), began in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flew his biplane 14-bis for 50 metres (160 ft) at an altitude of about four metres (13 ft).
- 2001 – Grand Theft Auto III was released, helping to popularize open-world and mature-content video games.
- 2022 – Myanmar civil war: Burmese military forces launched airstrikes that killed at least 80 concertgoers in Kachin State.
- Sweyn III of Denmark (d. 1157)
- Ludwig Leichhardt (b. 1813)
- Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg (b. 1832)
- Josh Kirby (d. 2001)
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