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What Happened on September 23rd This Day in History

Year	Name
2008	Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.
2004	Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
1983	Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
1973	Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
1950	Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
1942	World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
1905	Norway and Sweden sign the Karlstad Treaty, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
1899	The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
1884	On the night of 23-24 September, the steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.
1868	The Grito de Lares occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
1846	Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
1821	Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.
1803	Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
1779	American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USS Bonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
1561	King Philip II of Spain issues cedula, ordering a halt to colonizing efforts in Florida.
1459	The Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is won by the Yorkists.
1409	The Battle of Kherlen is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.
1338	The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used.
1122	Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
38	Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.

Famous People Born on September 23

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Year	Name
1910	Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author (d. 2009)
1979	Lote Tuqiri, Fijian-Australian rugby player
1931	Gerald Merrithew, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2004)
1925	Denis C. Twitchett, English historian and scholar (d. 2006)
1926	John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967)
1980	Matt White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1838	Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist (d. 1927)
1977	Rachael Yamagata, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1945	Alan Old, English rugby player
1895	Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer (d. 1975)

Famous People Deaths On September 23

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Date	Name
1988	Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author (b. 1912)
965	Al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet (b. 915)
2008	Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942)
1267	Beatrice of Provence, countess regnant of Provence (b. 1234)
2010	Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (b. 1941)
1981	Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet (b. 1899)
1508	Beatrice of Naples, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1457)
2006	Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1921)
1253	Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
2014	A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)