October, 23rd in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 23, 2004:
A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.

Thursday 23, 2003:
George W. Bush addresses a joint sitting of the houses of the Australian Parliament and is shouted down by Green Party senators Kerry Nettle and Bob Brown.

Wednesday 23, 2002:
Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen rebels seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theatergoers hostage.

Tuesday 23, 2001:
The Provisional Irish Republican Army of Northern Ireland commences disarmament after peace talks encouraged by American President Bill Clinton.

Friday 23, 1998:
1998 - Swatch Internet Time introduced

Wednesday 23, 1996:
The civil trial of former American football player O.J. Simpson opens in Santa Monica, California.

Friday 23, 1992:
Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.

Sunday 23, 1983:
Lebanon Civil War: U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut hit by truck bomb, killing 241 US Servicemen. French barracks also hit the same morning, killing 58. The US responds by withdrawing its troops from the region.

Saturday 23, 1976:
US president Jimmy Carter, in a Playboy magazine interview, states that "I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me."

Tuesday 23, 1973:
Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations about the scandal.

Saturday 23, 1965:
The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launch a new operation, seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleku Province in II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands).

Thursday 23, 1958:
Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced a new set of comic strip characters The Smurfs.

Tuesday 23, 1956:
Thousands of Hungarians protest Soviet influence and occupation in their nation (Hungarian Revolution is put down on November 4).

Monday 23, 1944:
The largest naval battle in history begins in Leyte Gulf, the Red Army enters Hungary

Friday 23, 1942:
At El Alamein in Egypt, British forces begin a major offensive against Axis forces.

Thursday 23, 1941:
World War II: Georgy Zhukov assumes command of Red Army efforts to stop the German advance into Russia.

Wednesday 23, 1935:
Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosenkrantz are fatally shot in a bar in Newark in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre

Wednesday 23, 1929:
Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic.

Saturday 23, 1915:
Woman's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march up Fifth Avenue to demand the right to vote.

Monday 23, 1911:
First use of aircraft in war: an Italian pilot takes off from Libya to survey Turkish lines during the Turco-Italian War.

Tuesday 23, 1906:
Alberto Santos-Dumont flies the 14-bis in the first officially-recognised heavier-than-air flight at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.

Wednesday 23, 1867:
72 Senators were summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.

Sunday 23, 1864:
Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Stirling Price at Westport, near Kansas City.

Tuesday 23, 1855:
Kansas Free State forces set up a competing government under their Topeka, Kansas constitution, which outlaws slavery in the United States territory.

Saturday 23, 1813:
The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom).

Friday 23, 1812:
Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he was now the commandant of Paris. De Malet was executed on October 29.

Friday 23, 1739:
War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.

Saturday 23, 1086:
At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI

Thursday 23, 425:
Valentinian III elevated as Roman Emperor. He was only 6 years old.

Wednesday 23, -42:
Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. He commits suicide.

Thursday 23, -4004:
The universe was created, according to the Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-october/on-this-day.html


People born on October 23

1978:
Steve Harmison, English cricketer (b: October 23, 1978) (Biography of Steve Harmison)

1976:
Ryan R. Reynolds, Canadian Actor (Waiting) (b: October 23, 1976) (Biography of Ryan R. Reynolds)

1975:
Keith Van Horn, American basketball player (b: October 23, 1975) (Biography of Keith Van Horn)

1974:
Sander Westerveld, Dutch soccer player (b: October 23, 1974) (Biography of Sander Westerveld)

1962:
Doug Flutie, American football player (b: October 23, 1962) (Biography of Doug Flutie)

1959:
"Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist (b: October 23, 1959) (Biography of "Weird Al" Yankovic)
Sam Raimi, American film director and producer (b: October 23, 1959) (Biography of Sam Raimi)

1956:
Dwight Yoakam, American singer, songwriter, and actor (b: October 23, 1956) (Biography of Dwight Yoakam)

1954:
Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director and producer (b: October 23, 1954) (Biography of Ang Lee)

1948:
Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born technological entrepreneur (b: October 23, 1948) (Biography of Hermann Hauser)

1946:
Melquiades Martinez, U.S. Senator from Florida (b: October 23, 1946) (Biography of Melquiades Martinez)

1942:
Michael Crichton, American writer (b: October 23, 1942) (Biography of Michael Crichton)

1940:
Pelé, Brazilian footballer (b: October 23, 1940) (Biography of Pelé)

1935:
Chi Chi Rodriguez, Puerto Rican golfer (b: October 23, 1935) (Biography of Chi Chi Rodriguez)

1931:
Jim Bunning, baseball player and U.S. Senator (b: October 23, 1931) (Biography of Jim Bunning)

1927:
Leszek Ko?akowski, Polish philosopher (b: October 23, 1927) (Biography of Leszek Ko?akowski)

1925:
Johnny Carson, American television host (b: October 23, 1925 ; d: January 23, 2005) (Biography of Johnny Carson)

1923:
Frank Sutton, American actor (b: October 23, 1923 ; d: June 28, 1974) (Biography of Frank Sutton)

1909:
Zellig Harris, American linguist (b: October 23, 1909 ; d: May 22, 1992) (Biography of Zellig Harris)

1908:
Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: October 23, 1908 ; d: June 22, 1990) (Biography of Ilya Frank)

1906:
Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b: October 23, 1906 ; d: November 30, 2003) (Biography of Gertrude Ederle)

1905:
Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: October 23, 1905 ; d: September 10, 1983) (Biography of Felix Bloch)

1904:
Harvey Penick, American golfer (b: October 23, 1904 ; d: April 2, 1995) (Biography of Harvey Penick)

1896:
André Lévêque, French engineer and scientist (b: October 23, 1896) (Biography of André Lévêque)

1892:
Gummo Marx, American actor and comedian (b: October 23, 1892 ; d: April 21, 1977) (Biography of Gummo Marx)

1875:
Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (b: October 23, 1875) (Biography of Gilbert N. Lewis)

1865:
Neltje Blanchan, U.S. nature writer (b: October 23, 1865) (Biography of Neltje Blanchan)

1844:
Robert Bridges, English poet (b: October 23, 1844 ; d: April 21, 1930) (Biography of Robert Bridges)

1835:
Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (b: October 23, 1835) (Biography of Adlai E. Stevenson)

1817:
Pierre Athanase Larousse, French lexicographer and encyclopedist (b: October 23, 1817) (Biography of Pierre Athanase Larousse)

1813:
Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (b: October 23, 1813) (Biography of Ludwig Leichhardt)

1801:
Albert Lortzing, German composer (b: October 23, 1801 ; d: January 21, 1851) (Biography of Albert Lortzing)

1796:
Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (b: October 23, 1796 ; d: July 19, 1857) (Biography of Stefano Franscini)

1790:
Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator and lexicographer (b: October 23, 1790 ; d: February 25, 1860) (Biography of Chauncey Allen Goodrich)

1771:
Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b: October 23, 1771 ; d: July 29, 1813) (Biography of Jean-Andoche Junot)

1766:
Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b: October 23, 1766 ; d: May 29, 1847) (Biography of Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy)

1762:
Samuel Morey, American inventor (b: October 23, 1762 ; d: April 17, 1843) (Biography of Samuel Morey)

1705:
Maximilian Ulysses Reichsgraf von Browne, Austrian field marshal (b: October 23, 1705 ; d: May 6, 1757) (Biography of Maximilian Ulysses Reichsgraf von Browne)

1698:
Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (b: October 23, 1698 ; d: January 4, 1782) (Biography of Ange-Jacques Gabriel)

930:
Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) (b: October 23, 930) (Biography of Emperor Daigo)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-october/births.html