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 - 1993 World Series
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1993: Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays becomes only the second player to end the World Series with a homerun, hitting a game-winning three-run homer against the Philadelphia Phillies in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6. He's seen here laying on his back as his teammates celebrate around him.

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