DateLine: October 24th, 1915- Women on 5th Avenue, New York
Tens of thousands of women paraded up Fifth Avenue in New York City demanding the right to vote
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DateLine: October 24th, 1956- Hungary's Revolt for Freedom Begins
A student sparked revolt against Hungary's suffocating Communist rule began as it spread, Soviet Communist forces started entering the country and the uprising was mercilessly was put down within the month. :-(
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DateLine: October 24th, 1958 - Writer Boris Pasternak Nobel Prize
Renowned poet, Boris Pasternak, was named winner of the Nobel Peace in literature, however the authoritarian Communist Soviet authorities pressured him into relinquishing the award. :-(
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DateLine: October 24th, 1983 - American & French Forces Killed
241 servicemen, most of them Marines were killed when a Muslim suicide truck bombed at a Beirut International Airport in Lebanon; a near simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers. No wounded number are accounted for and all were dishonorably and cowardly murdered in their sleep. Until now the peacekeepers death's have not been answered :-(
R.I.P. all who died in the cause of liberty and peace
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Eddessa_Knight with Sympathy Light