Today's selected anniversaries: 27th October 2022

Today's selected anniversaries: 27th October 2022

1942:

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy achieved a pyrrhic victory against the United States at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands

1992:

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Allen R. Schindler Jr. was killed in Sasebo, Japan, for being gay, which led to the U.S. Armed Forces' "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Allen_R._Schindler_Jr.

1999:

Armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan carried out a mass shooting at the Armenian parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, National Assembly speaker Karen Demirchyan, and six others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazgen_Sargsyan

2011:

Michael D. Higgins was elected President of Ireland with far more votes than any politician in the country's history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Irish_presidential_election

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