Page 6: Historical Events In October - 23

1958  De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave" on this day in history.   

1962  USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m on October - 23.   

1963  Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78 on October - 23.   

1966  Claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88 on October - 23.   

1968  On October - 23 kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec)   

1969  On October - 23 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  On October - 23 nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica   

1975  Barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43 on October - 23.   

1976  Leonard Lee, US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

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

1978  On October - 23 maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69   

1980  On October - 23 soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns, due to illness   

1981  On this day in history uS national debt hits $1 trillion   

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

1983  On October - 23 suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut   

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

1983  On this day in history 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 October - 23.   

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

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

1986  Edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1990  Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages on October - 23.   

1990  On October - 23 louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies   

1991  On this day in history dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women   

1991  Lance Baker, dies at 31 on October - 23.   

1992  Kees Spermon, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies on October - 23.   

1994  Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67   

2005  On this day in history polish presidential election, 2nd round.   

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

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

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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  On this day in history birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

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

1634  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on October - 23.   

1654  On October - 23 birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

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

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

1713  On this day in history birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

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

1260  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on October - 23.   

1456  On this day in history death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

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

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)