It happened on this day, October 23
Events:
1086 – The Almoravids, led by Youssef bin Tashfin, defeat the Kingdom of Castile, led by King Alfonso VI, at the Battle of Zallaqa.
1919 – The assassination of Mubarak Touzouini by his minister, Belkacem Al-Nakadi, between Rissani and Erfoud.
1941 – Soviet Chief of Staff George Zikhov takes command of Red Army operations to halt the German advance into Russia during World War II.
1942 – The first confrontation begins at the Battle of El Alamein between German and Italian forces led by Erwin Rommel and British forces led by Bernard Montgomery during World War II.
1956 – Tens of thousands of Hungarians take to the streets to demand an end to Soviet rule in their country, known as the Hungarian Revolution.
1982 – King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud lays the foundation stone of the King Fahd Complex for printing the Noble Quran.
1983 – Bombing of the headquarters of French Multinational Forces forces in southern Lebanon, killing 56 people, and suicide bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 231 Americans.
2001 – The leader of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Ayman Halawa, is assassinated by a car bomb.
2005 – Hurricane Wilma hits the west coast of Florida.
2011 – The National Transitional Council announces the liberation of Libya from the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
🌟 Organize, with strong participation, the elections of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly, which will be the council responsible for developing a new constitution after the revolution and the overthrow of the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
2015 – Hurricane Patricia hits the west coast of Mexico and scientists declare it the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in history.
🌟A collision between a bus and a truck in Bouisgang, in the southwest of France, leaves at least 43 dead.
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Births:
1923 – Habibullah Loghi, Iranian poet.
1940 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer.
1943 – Salah Al-Saadani, Egyptian actor.
1946 – Tansu Ciller, Prime Minister of Türkiye.
1947 – Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi, leader of the Hamas movement.
1961 – Kamal Abu Rayya, Egyptian actor.
1963 – Amr Adib, Egyptian journalist.
1969 – Ahmed Rashwan, Egyptian director.
1976 – Reem Abdel Aziz, Syrian actress.
1980 – Yazan Al-Sayed, Syrian footballer and actor.
1984 – Khaled Al-Namash, Kuwaiti footballer.
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Death:
1869 – Edward Smith Stanley, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1919 – Mubarak Al-Touzunini, Moroccan revolutionary and fighter.
1920 – Forsat Shirazi, Iranian writer, calligrapher and poet.
2009 – Talal Al-Ayyar, Kuwaiti MP and minister.
** Zubair Al-Turki, Tunisian painter and sculptor.
** Nazem Al-Ghabra, Kuwaiti doctor of Palestinian origin.
2011 – Ahmed Abu Al-Maati, Egyptian reader.
2014 – Ghulam Azam, former leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
2016 – Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, sixth Emir of Qatar.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ World Rheumatism Day.
⏪ National holiday in Hungary.
