On this day: October 23

POSTED: 11:20 AM PDT Oct 22, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Oct 22, 2012 

The Smurfs are born, the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut are hit by a truck bomb, Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination is rejected, and the iPod is introduced, all on this day.

OTD October 23 - Ang Lee
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1954: Film director Ang Lee, best known for such movies as "Eat Drink Man Woman," "Sense and Sensibility," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Brokeback Mountain," is born in Chaochou, Pingtung, Taiwan.

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