HISTORY
20 October 2024: This day in history

1097: The first Crusaders arrive in Antioch, Ancient Syria, during the First Crusade

1603: Chinese uprising in the Philippines fails after 23,000 are killed

1803: US Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase

1917: US suffragette Alice Paul begins a seven-month jail sentence for peacefully picketing in support of the Women’s Suffrage (right to vote) Amendment at the White House in Washington, D.C.

1935: Communist forces end their Long March at Yan’an, in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence

1944: US forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines with the landing of the US 6th army on Leyte

2020: US Justice Department sues Google for an illegal monopoly over search and search advertising

Source: Onthisday.com

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