Page 6: Historical Events In October - 23

1958  De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave" on October - 23.   

1962  On October - 23 uSAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m   

1963  On October - 23 raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78   

1966  On this day in history claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88   

1968  Kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec) on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47   

1970  Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph) on this day in history.   

1973  Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43   

1976  On October - 23 leonard Lee, US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40   

1977  On October - 23 panamanians vote 2 1 to approve the new Canal treaties   

1977  On this day in history panamanians vote 2:1 to approve the new Canal treaties   

1978  Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns, due to illness   

1981  US national debt hits $1 trillion on this day in history.   

1982  On October - 23 jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52   

1983  Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut on this day in history.   

1983  On October - 23 truck bomb in Beirut kills 241 US soldiers   

1983  On October - 23 two million people march in Western European capital cities demonstrating against the deployment of 'Cruise' and 'Pershing' missiles   

1983  Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1984  NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine on October - 23.   

1984  David Gorcey, actor (Angel's Alley), dies at 63 in a diabetic coma on October - 23.   

1986  On October - 23 edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92   

1990  Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages on this day in history.   

1990  Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1991  Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history lance Baker, dies at 31   

1992  On this day in history kees Spermon, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies   

1994  On this day in history robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66   

1996  Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

2005  Polish presidential election, 2nd round on October - 23.   

2005  Referendo Sobre a Proibição do Comércio de Armas e Munição no Brasil Guns and Ammo Ban Referendum in Brazil on this day in history.   

2005  Referendum on the merger of the Kamchatka Oblast and the Autonomous District of Koryakia on October - 23.   

2006  Jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison on charges relating to the financial collapse of Enron on October - 23.   

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on October - 23.   

1516  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1634  On October - 23 birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)   

1654  On this day in history birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  On October - 23 birth of ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1705  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) was born on October - 23.   

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

0930  On October - 23 death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)   

1260  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on October - 23.   

1450  On this day in history johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

1456  On October - 23 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

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  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1616  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on this day in history.