Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In December - 23
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
1973 "The Young and the Restless" premiers on TV on this day in history. 
1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices on this day in history.
1973 On this day in history arthur Richardson, cricketer (9 Tests 1924-26), dies
1975 Congress passes Metric Conversion Act on December - 23.
1975 On this day in history richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead
1976 On this day in history frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies
1982 Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62 on this day in history.
1983 Journal Science publishes first report on nuclear winter on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history james Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages
1986 Voyager completes global flight, Rutan and Yeager make around-the-world flight without refueling on this day in history.
1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison on this day in history.
1989 Josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82 on December - 23.
1990 On this day in history slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia
1990 On this day in history frank King, cricketer (WI fast bowler played 14 Tests 1953-56), dies
1991 On December - 23 new York Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns
1991 On December - 23 byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73
1992 Cyril Walters, cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies on this day in history.
1993 On December - 23 gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92
1994 Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history david Land, impressario, dies at 77
1996 On December - 23 rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85
1997 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90 on December - 23.
2005 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashed shortly after takeoff killing 23 people on December - 23.
2005 On December - 23 chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18th attack on Adre, which left about 10 people dead.
2005 On December - 23 lech Kaczynski is sworn in as the President of Poland in Warsaw, Poland.
2005 On this day in history trial of Tali Fahima ends in a plea bargain.
2005 On this day in history u.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announces the first in an expected series of troop drawdowns following Iraqi elections.
2007 A general election is held in Thailand. The People's Power Party, which is associated with former Prime Minster Thaksin Shinawatra, wins a majority of seats in the parliament on this day in history.
2007 A grand conjunction in which the solar system will align with the galactic center on this day in history.
2007 On December - 23 presidential election in Uzbekistan.
2012 On December - 23 200 civilians are killed by the Syrian government’s warplanes in Helfaya, Syria
2019 28 people are killed and 13 others injured after a bus plunges into a ravine on a winding road in South Sumatra.December 24 - Thousands of Muslims protest the December 20 burning of four mosques in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia on December - 23.