Historical Events In September - 23

1952  On this day in history first closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event   

1952  On September - 23 richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech   

1952  On September - 23 rocky Marciano KOs heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title   

1952  On September - 23 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event   

1953  KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1955  Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad on September - 23.   

1956  On September - 23 earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75   

1957  On this day in history "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly & Crickets reaches #1   

1958  Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history 1959 The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia’s first passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes maiden voyage across Bass Strait.   

1960  Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72 on this day in history.   

1961  First movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire on September - 23.   

1961  On September - 23 1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire   

1961  On September - 23 billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I), dies at 71   

1962  On this day in history aBC's first color TV series-The Jetsons   

1962  On September - 23 aBC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons   

1967  Radio Malta stops testing on September - 23.   

1969  Northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead on this day in history.   

1971  Billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1972  Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63 on September - 23.   

1973  Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power on this day in history.   

1973  A S Neill, British headmaster, dies at at 89 on this day in history.   

1974  On September - 23 cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68   

1975  On September - 23 ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75   

1976  On September - 23 ford-Carter TV debate   

1976  On September - 23 soyuz 22 returns to Earth   

1977  On September - 23 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise   

1977  Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels on September - 23.   

1978  100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit on this day in history.   

1978  Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1979  Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75   

1980  On this day in history big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens   

1981  Chief Dan George, actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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1158  On this day in history birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)   

1161  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on September - 23.   

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on this day in history.   

1434  On this day in history birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

1555  On September - 23 birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange   

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on September - 23.   

1596  On this day in history birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher   

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on September - 23.   

0079  On this day in history death of pope Linus   

0775  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on this day in history.   

0918  On this day in history koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42   

0965  On September - 23 death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered   

1241  On September - 23 death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

1390  On this day in history death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  On this day in history death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)   

1541  On this day in history philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47