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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_23" title="October 23">October 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Ninth_Festival" title="Double Ninth Festival">Double Ninth Festival</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> (2023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_Day" title="Mole Day">Mole Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1641" title="1641">1641</a> – Irish Catholic gentry in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> tried to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1641" title="Irish Rebellion of 1641">seize control</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Castle" title="Dublin Castle">Dublin Castle</a>, the seat of English rule in Ireland, to force concessions to Catholics.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934" title="1934">1934</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Piccard" title="Jeannette Piccard">Jeannette Piccard</a></b> piloted a hot-air balloon flight that reached 57,579 feet (17,550 m), becoming the first woman to fly in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere" title="Stratosphere">stratosphere</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Japanese troops began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Henderson_Field" title="Battle for Henderson Field">an unsuccessful attempt</a></b> to recapture <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson_Field_(Guadalcanal)" title="Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)">Henderson Field</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a> in the Solomon Islands from American forces.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker" title="Operation Linebacker">Operation Linebacker</a></b>, a U.S. bombing campaign against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnam" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnam</a> in response to its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Offensive" title="Easter Offensive">Easter Offensive</a>, ended after five months.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Patricia" title="Hurricane Patricia">Hurricane Patricia</a></b>, the most intense <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclone</a> on record in the Western Hemisphere, peaked with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_sustained_wind" title="Maximum sustained wind">maximum sustained winds</a> of 215 mph (345 km/h) south of Mexico.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Heisman" title="John Heisman">John Heisman</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1869); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Jardine" title="Douglas Jardine">Douglas Jardine</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1900); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soong_Mei-ling" title="Soong Mei-ling">Soong Mei-ling</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2003)</p>
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