1915

An estimated 25,000 women marched on Fifth Avenue in New York City in support of women’s suffrage.

1942

During World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt, resulting in an Allied victory.

1944

The Battle of Leyte Gulf began; the largest naval battle of World War II resulted in a major Allied victory against Japanese forces.

1983

241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at the U.S. Marine Corps barracks at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon, while a near-simultaneous attack on French barracks in Beirut killed 58 paratroopers.

2001

Apple released the iPod. An estimated 450 million iPod devices were sold before the line was discontinued in 2022.

Birthdays

Film director Philip Kaufman is 88. Advocate and humanitarian Graça Machel is 79. Film director Ang Lee is 70. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 68. Activist and philanthropist Martin Luther King III is 67. Comedic musician “Weird Al” Yankovic is 65. Rock musician Robert Trujillo (Metallica) is 60. CNN medical reporter Dr. Sanjay Gupta is 55. Actor Ryan Reynolds is 48. TV personality Meghan McCain is 40. R&B singer Miguel is 39.