October 23

October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining.

Events:

4004 BC - Universe created, according to James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (a Sunday, at 9am, though the time zone is unknown)
425 - Valentinian III elevated as Roman Emperor
1086 - A Berber army under Yusuf ibn Tashfin[?] defeats Alfonso VI of Castile at Zallaka[?]
1739 - Start of the War of Jenkin's Ear
1942 - Start of Second Battle of El Alamein
1944 - Soviet Union invades Hungary
1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf - largest naval battle in history
1956 - Anti-Soviet uprising in Hungary
1971 - Disney World opens
1983 - U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut hit by truck bomb, killing 298
2002 - Chechen rebels seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theatergoers hostage.

Births:

1762 - Samuel Morey, inventor (+ 1843)
1835 - Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States
1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, actress (+ 1923)
1875 - Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist
1905 - Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist
1906 - Gertrude Ederle[?], first woman to swim the English Channel
1925 - Johnny Carson, American television host[?]
1931 - Jim Bunning, American baseball pitcher and senator
1935 - Chi Chi Rodriguez[?], golf champion
1940 - Pele, Brazilian football player
1942 - Michael Crichton, writer
1954 - Ang Lee, director, producer
1956 - Dwight Yoakam, country music performer
1959 - Weird Al Yankovic, American musical parodist
1959 - Sam Raimi, director, producer
1962 - Doug Flutie, Canadian football and American football quarterback.

Deaths:

42 BC - Marcus Junius Brutus, suicide
1910 - Chulalongkorn (Rama V), king of Thailand
1939 - Zane Grey, author
1950 - Al Jolson, singer, actor
1975 - Charles Brokaw[?], journalist
1983 - Jessica Savitch[?], journalist
1990 - Louis Althusser, French Marxist philosopher
1998 - Dr. Barnett Slepian[?], physician
2001 - Ronald William Kirby, British commercial artist

Holidays:

Chemistry: Mole Day

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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		October 23
		October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. Events: 4004 BC - Universe created, according to James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (a Sunday, at 9am, though the time zone is unknown) 425 - Valentinian III elevated as Roman Emperor 1086 - A Berber army under Yusuf ibn Tashfin[?] defeats Alfonso VI of Castile at Zallaka[?] 1739 - Start of the War of Jenkin's Ear 1942 - Start of Second Battle of El Alamein 1944 - Soviet Union invades Hungary 1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf - largest naval battle in history 1956 - Anti-Soviet uprising in Hungary 1971 - Disney World opens 1983 - U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut hit by truck bomb, killing 298 2002 - Chechen rebels seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theatergoers hostage. Births: 1762 - Samuel Morey, inventor (+ 1843) 1835 - Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, actress (+ 1923) 1875 - Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist 1905 - Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist 1906 - Gertrude Ederle[?], first woman to swim the English Channel 1925 - Johnny Carson, American television host[?] 1931 - Jim Bunning, American baseball pitcher and senator 1935 - Chi Chi Rodriguez[?], golf champion 1940 - Pele, Brazilian football player 1942 - Michael Crichton, writer 1954 - Ang Lee, director, producer 1956 - Dwight Yoakam, country music performer 1959 - Weird Al Yankovic, American musical parodist 1959 - Sam Raimi, director, producer 1962 - Doug Flutie, Canadian football and American football quarterback. Deaths: 42 BC - Marcus Junius Brutus, suicide 1910 - Chulalongkorn (Rama V), king of Thailand 1939 - Zane Grey, author 1950 - Al Jolson, singer, actor 1975 - Charles Brokaw[?], journalist 1983 - Jessica Savitch[?], journalist 1990 - Louis Althusser, French Marxist philosopher 1998 - Dr. Barnett Slepian[?], physician 2001 - Ronald William Kirby, British commercial artist Holidays: Chemistry: Mole Day See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December October 22 - October 24 - November 23 - September 23 - more historical anniversaries
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