Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In December - 23
Friday, 19 September 2025
1973 On this day in history "The Young and the Restless" premiers on TV 
1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices on this day in history.
1973 Arthur Richardson, cricketer (9 Tests 1924-26), dies on December - 23.
1975 Congress passes Metric Conversion Act on this day in history.
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 December - 23.
1985 James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages on December - 23.
1986 Voyager completes global flight, Rutan and Yeager make around-the-world flight without refueling on December - 23.
1987 On this day in history lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison
1989 Josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1990 On December - 23 slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia
1990 On December - 23 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 On this day in history cyril Walters, cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies
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 December - 23 david Land, impressario, dies at 77
1996 Rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1997 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90 on this day in history.
2005 On December - 23 azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashed shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.
2005 Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18th attack on Adre, which left about 10 people dead on this day in history.
2005 Lech Kaczynski is sworn in as the President of Poland in Warsaw, Poland on this day in history.
2005 Trial of Tali Fahima ends in a plea bargain on December - 23.
2005 On December - 23 u.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announces the first in an expected series of troop drawdowns following Iraqi elections.
2007 On this day in history 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.
2007 A grand conjunction in which the solar system will align with the galactic center on December - 23.
2007 Presidential election in Uzbekistan on December - 23.
2012 On December - 23 200 civilians are killed by the Syrian government’s warplanes in Helfaya, Syria
2019 On this day in history 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.