Yom Kippur War
On this day in 1973, on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, Egypt and Syria attacked Israel, which suffered heavy casualties, but Israeli forces successfully fought back, and the war eventually ended inconclusively. 1973.
Near Sakaiminato, Japan, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck, the most powerful earthquake since the devastating Kōbe earthquake of 1995, but damage and casualties were relatively low because the epicentre was in a sparsely inhabited area. 2000.
Michael Jordan retired from professional basketball, saying “I don’t have anything else to prove,” only to return in March 1995. 1993.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by members of the radical fringe of the Muslim opposition. 1981.
In China the Gang of Four, having lost their influence with the death of Mao Zedong, were arrested. 1976.
