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The history is right perhaps, but let us not forget, it was written by the victors.
— Alexis Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest
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Today is Monday, October 23rd, the 296th day of 2023. There are 69 days left in the year. It is Event Organizers Day, National Paralegal Day, National Boston Cream Pie Day, and National Canning Day.
On This Day
In 1707, Great Britain’s first Parliament convened.
In 1850, the first National Women’s Rights Convention began in Worcester, Massachusetts.
In 1864, Union troops decisively defeated an outnumbered Confederate force at the Battle of Westport, the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River.
In 1942, Allied forces commenced the Second Battle of El Alamein, which proved to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.
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