Page 5: Historical Events In October - 23

1940  Pele, Famous Brazilian soccer player is born   

1940  Freddie Marsden, Liverpool, rock drummer (Gerry and The Pacemakers).   

1941  Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released.   

1941  Colin Milburn, cricketer (England bat whose career was cut short).   

1942  During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt.   

1942  1st ships of invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk   

1942  Georg Stumme, German general/commandant of African corps, dies.   

1943  1st Jewish transport out of Rome reaches camp Birkenau.   

1944  Soviet army invades Hungary   

1944  The largest naval battle in the history of warfare was fought near Leyte Gulf in the Philippines on Oct 23-26, 1944   

1944  1st Central Kitchen opens in Amsterdam.   

1944  Hana Brady, Holocaust victim   

1945  Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract   

1946  UN General Assembly 2nd session convenes (inaugural NYC) (Flushing Meadows).   

1946  UN General Assembly 2nd session convenes (1st NYC-Flushing Meadows).   

1947  NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN.   

1948  Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer, dies at 71   

1950  Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], singer/actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 64.   

1952  Susan Peters, actress (Random Harvest), dies at 31   

1953  France grants Laos' sovereignty.   

1953  Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83   

1954  Britain, England, France and USSR agree to end occupation of Germany   

1954  Henri Zagwijn, composer, dies at 76   

1955  Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time.   

1956  inaugural video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast   

1956  Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary.   

1956  1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast.   

1957  inaugural test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3.   

1957  1st test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3   

1957  Frederick Burton, actor (One Way Passage), dies at 86.   

1958  In this year, Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, claims Nobel Prize for Literature   

1958  USSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam.   

1958  De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave"   

1962  USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40800 m   

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1503  Isabella of portugal: Queen of spain and empress of germany   

1516  Charlotte de valois: Princess of france   

1543  Juan de la cueva: Spain, dramatist   

1634  Hedvig eleonora of holstein-gottorp: Queen of sweden   

1654  Johann bernhard staudt: Composer   

1698  Ange-jacques gabriel: French court architect (palace de la concorde)   

1705  Maximilian ulysses count browne: Austrian field marshal   

1713  Peter burmannus secundus: [pieter burman], dutch classicist   

0930  Daigo: Emperor of japan (b. 885)   

1260  Death of Koetoez: Turkish sultan of egypt, murdered   

1450  Johannes van capestrano: Italian saint,   

1456  Death of Giovanni da capistrano: Italian saint (b. 1386)   

1550  Death of Tiedemann giese: Polish catholic bishop (b. 1480)   

1581  Death of Michael neander: German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  Franciscus junius: French/neth calvinist theologist/vicar,   

1616  Leonhard hutter: German theologian (b. 1563)