Today is the 336th day of 2023 and the 71st day of autumn.
In 1823, President James Monroe announced a policy aimed at preventing further European colonization of the Americas, later known as the Monroe Doctrine.
In 1988, Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan, becoming the first female leader of an Islamic nation.
In 2015, terrorists shot and killed 14 people and wounded 22 in San…