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1983: U.S. Marines attacked in Beirut.On this day in 1983, a terrorist bent on suicide drove a truckload of high explosives through a series of barricades and into the U.S. Marine Corps headquarters at the Beirut airport in Lebanon, killing 241 U.S. servicemen.More events on this day1956:The Hungarian Revolution began with a massive demonstration in Budapest. |
1956:The International Atomic Energy Agency was created with the purpose of increasing the contribution of atomic energy to world peace. |
1944:During World War II, U.S. forces under the leadership of Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., commenced a decisive air and sea battle against the Japanese on the central Philippine island of Leyte. |
1942:The British, led by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, launched a successful infantry attack against the Germans at El-Alamein, Egypt, during World War II. |
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