Page 7: Historical Events In December - 23

1973  On December - 23 "The Young and the Restless" premiers on TV   

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 this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead   

1976  Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies on this day in history.   

1982  Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62 on December - 23.   

1983  Journal Science publishes first report on nuclear winter on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history voyager completes global flight, Rutan and Yeager make around-the-world flight without refueling   

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  On December - 23 josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82   

1990  Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia on December - 23.   

1990  Frank King, cricketer (WI fast bowler played 14 Tests 1953-56), dies on December - 23.   

1991  New York Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns on December - 23.   

1991  Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73 on December - 23.   

1992  On December - 23 cyril Walters, cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies   

1993  Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92 on December - 23.   

1994  Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1995  David Land, impressario, dies at 77 on December - 23.   

1996  On December - 23 rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85   

1997  Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

2005  Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashed shortly after takeoff killing 23 people on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18th attack on Adre, which left about 10 people dead.   

2005  On this day in history lech Kaczynski is sworn in as the President of Poland in Warsaw, Poland.   

2005  Trial of Tali Fahima ends in a plea bargain on this day in history.   

2005  U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announces the first in an expected series of troop drawdowns following Iraqi elections on December - 23.   

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 December - 23.   

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 this day in history 200 civilians are killed by the Syrian government’s warplanes in Helfaya, Syria   

2019  On December - 23 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.   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on December - 23.   

1513  On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.   

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies   

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.