On this day: October 23

October 23: Shemini Atzeret begins at sunset (Judaism, 2016); Mole Day

Claude François de Malet

• 1641 – Irish Catholic gentry in Ulster tried to seize control of Dublin Castle, the seat of English rule in Ireland, to force concessions to Catholics.
• 1812 – General Claude François de Malet (pictured) began a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he was now the commandant of Paris.
• 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces began their ill-fated attempt to recapture Henderson Field from the Americans.
• 1983 – Lebanese Civil War: Suicide bombers destroyed two barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 French paratroopers of the international peacekeeping force.
• 2002 – Chechen separatists seized a crowded theater in Moscow, taking approximately 700 patrons and performers hostage.

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