Historical Events In October - 23

1917  Robert Bray, Kalispell Mont, actor (Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West) on this day in history.  

1918  Actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17) on this day in history.  

1918  James Daly, Wisc, actor (Medical Center) on October - 23.  

1919  Romberg & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, & Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal  

1921  On October - 23 green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis  

1921  On this day in history tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus)  

1921  On October - 23 john B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81  

1922  On this day in history channing Pollock's "Fool," premieres in NYC  

1922  On this day in history coleen Gray, Staplehurst Nebraska, actress (Apache Drums)  

1923  Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform on this day in history.  

1923  Frank Sutton, Clarksville Tenn, actor (Sgt Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC) on this day in history.  

1925  The birth of Johnny Carson, Popular American talk show host on October - 23.  

1925  On October - 23 johnny Carson, Corning Iowa, comedian (Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust)  

1925  Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1927  City of Netanya, Israel founded on October - 23.  

1927  Town of Netanya Israel founded by Nathan Strauss on this day in history.  

1927  On October - 23 edward Kienholz, US sculptor (Roxy)  

1928  On this day in history alexander Tanev, composer  

1928  On October - 23 f A Alphonse Aulard, French historian, dies  

1929  Thomas F Tout, historian (Manch school of historiography), dies at 74 on October - 23.  

1930  On October - 23 gerard Blain, Paris France, actor (Hatari)  

1931  Diana Dors, [Fluck], Swindon England, actress (Berserk!, Steaming) on October - 23.  

1932  "Fred Allen Show" premieres on radio on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history dimitra Arliss, actress (Rich Man Poor Man II)  

1933  Tom Dewdney, cricket pace bowler (WI of 50's) on October - 23.  

1934  On October - 23 jean Piccard & Jeanette Ridlen attain balloon height of 17.341 m (rec)  

1935  On October - 23 gabby Hartnett selected NL MVP  

1935  Chi Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer (1972 Byron Nelson) on October - 23.  

1935  On this day in history abe Landau, US gangster, murdered  

1936  Barry Sinclair, cricketer (21 Tests for NZ in the 60's, 3 centuries) on this day in history.  

1936  (Marie) Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Bitter Pill), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1938  John Heinz, (Sen-R-PA, 1977- ) on this day in history.  

1939  Charlie Foxx, US songwriter/soul singer (Mockingbird) on October - 23.  

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1503  On October - 23 birth of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)  

1516  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)  

1543  On October - 23 birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist  

1634  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.  

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on this day in history.  

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on this day in history.  

1705  On this day in history birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)  

1713  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist was born on October - 23.  

0930  On this day in history death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)  

1260  On this day in history death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1456  Death of Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) on this day in history.  

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on October - 23.  

1581  On this day in history death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)  

1602  On this day in history franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57  

1616  On October - 23 death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)