Historical Events In October - 23

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

1962  USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m on this day in history.  

1963  Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1966  On October - 23 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 October - 23.  

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

1970  On October - 23 gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph)  

1973  On this day in history nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica  

1975  On October - 23 barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43  

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

1977  Panamanians vote 2 1 to approve the new Canal treaties on October - 23.  

1977  Panamanians vote 2:1 to approve the new Canal treaties on this day in history.  

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  Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1983  Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut on October - 23.  

1983  Truck bomb in Beirut kills 241 US soldiers on October - 23.  

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

1983  On this day in history jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36  

1984  NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine on this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history david Gorcey, actor (Angel's Alley), dies at 63 in a diabetic coma  

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

1990  On October - 23 iraq announces release of 330 French hostages  

1990  On this day in history louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies  

1991  On October - 23 dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women  

1991  Lance Baker, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

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

1994  Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66 on October - 23.  

1996  On October - 23 alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67  

2005  Polish presidential election, 2nd round on this day in history.  

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

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

2006  Jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison on charges relating to the financial collapse of Enron on this day in history.  

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1503  On this day in history birth of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)  

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

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist was born on October - 23.  

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

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  On October - 23 birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)  

1713  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1450  On October - 23 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70  

1456  Death of Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) on October - 23.  

1550  On October - 23 death of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)  

1581  On October - 23 death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)  

1602  On October - 23 franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57  

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