This day in history

OCtober 23

1942 - British and Commonwealth forces led by General Montgomery launched a huge offensive against German and Italian forces under General Rommel at El Alamein, Egypt. 

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2001 - The Irish Republican Army said it had begun to disarm, an unprecedented step to end decades of bloodshed and boost Northern Ireland's shaky peace process. 

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