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What happened in history on October 23rd?
Year | Name |
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2015 | The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia, which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages. |
2012 | After 38 years, the world's first teletext service (BBC's Ceefax) ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover. |
2011 | A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands. |
2011 | The Libyan National Transition Council deems the Libyan Civil War over. |
2007 | A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform. |
2004 | A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated. |
2002 | Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage. |
1998 | Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum. |
1995 | Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena. |
1993 | The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians. |
1991 | Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian-Vietnamese War. |
1989 | The Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic. |
1989 | Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine; the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then. |
1983 | Lebanese Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops. |
1982 | A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured. |
1973 | Watergate scandal: President Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations. |
1972 | Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months. |
1970 | Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas. |
1965 | Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches an operation seeking to destroy Communist forces during the siege of Plei Me. |
1958 | Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued. |
1956 | Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution. |
1955 | Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diỿm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam. |
1955 | The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with Germany instead of France. |
1944 | World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf begins. |
1942 | World War II: British Empire forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein to destroy the German and Italian armies in Egypt. |
1942 | All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard American Airlines Flight 28 are killed when it collides with a USAAF bomber near Palm Springs, California. |
1942 | World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal. |
1939 | The Japanese Mitsubishi G4M twin-engine "Betty" Bomber makes its maiden flight. |
1912 | First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins. |
1911 | The Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight. |
1906 | Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe. |
1870 | Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory. |
1864 | American Civil War: The Battle of Westport is the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River. |
1850 | The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts. |
1812 | A French general begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia. |
1739 | The War of Jenkins' Ear begins when Prime Minister Walpole reluctantly declares war on Spain. |
1707 | The First Parliament of Great Britain convenes. |
1642 | The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War. |
1641 | Irish Catholic gentry from Ulster attempt to seize control of Dublin Castle, the seat of English rule in Ireland, so as to force concessions. |
1295 | The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris. |
1157 | The Battle of Grathe Heath ends a civil war in Denmark. |
1086 | Spanish Reconquista: At the Battle of Sagrajas, the Almoravids defeats the Castilians, but are unable to take advantage of their victory. |
501 | The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theoderic, absolves Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius. |
425 | Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six. |
42 BC | Liberators' civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus's army. Brutus commits suicide. |
Here is a random list who born on October 23. For full list please click on the link above.
Year | Name |
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1980 | Mate BiliĿ, Croatian footballer |
1920 | Vern Stephens, American baseball player (d. 1968) |
1964 | Eddy Cue, American computer scientist and businessman |
1954 | Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter |
1988 | Jordan Crawford, American basketball player |
1938 | Alan G`ilzean, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2018) |
1835 | Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914) |
1964 | Anabell López, Cuban singer |
1970 | Grant Imahara, American television presenter and engineer |
1941 | Colin Milburn, English cricketer (d. 1990) |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on October 23. For full list please click on the link above.
Date | Name |
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2014 | Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (b. 1927) |
2015 | Leon Bibb, American-Canadian singer (b. 1922) |
1953 | Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869) |
2013 | Niall Donohue, Irish hurler (b. 1990) |
2014 | John Bramlett, American football player (b. 1941) |
2007 | Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918) |
2011 | Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1987) |
2014 | Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931) |
2018 | Todd Reid, Australian tennis player (b. 1984) |
2012 | Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (b. 1917) |