Historical Events In October - 23

2007  On October - 23 the Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launched on mission STS-120.   

2010  In preparation for the Seoul summit, finance ministers of the G-20 agree to reform the International Monetary Fund and shift 6% of the voting shares to developing nations and countries with emerging markets on October - 23.   

2011  A magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolted eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing 604 people, and damaging about 2,200 buildings on October - 23.   

2011  A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands on October - 23.   

2012  On this day in history 12 people are killed and 40 are injured in a hospital fire in Tainan, Taiwan   

2013  On October - 23 boston Red Sox defeat St Louis Cardinals in game 1 of the MLB 2013 World Series   

2018  On this day in history microplastics found in human stools for the first time by Austrian scientists   

2018  On October - 23 world's longest sea-crossing bridge, the Hong Kong Macau Zhuhai bridge at 55km, opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping   

2018  On October - 23 turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejects Saudi claim journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed accidentally, says it was premeditated murder   

2018  World's oldest intact shipwreck, ancient Greek vessel 2,400 years old, found at bottom of the Black Sea by archaeologists on October - 23.   

2018  On this day in history european Commission rejects Italy's budget, first country to be rejected   

2018  On October - 23 megyn Kelly is criticized after making comments supporting blackface on her NBC show   

2018  The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the world's longest sea crossing bridge, is opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping on October - 23.   

2019  On this day in history all Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets go down 127-126 at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves   

2019  The bodies of 39 people are found in a truck container in Essex, England. A 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland is arrested on suspicion of murder on October - 23.   

2019  On October - 23 google announces that its 53-qubit "Sycamore" processor has achieved quantum supremacy. IBM disputes the claim.   

2020  On this day in history at the end of an 11-year demining process, the Falkland Islands are declared free of land mines, 38 years after the end of the 1982 war.   

2020  Israel and Sudan agree to normalise relations, marking the fifth Israel–Arab peace deal on October - 23.   

2021  On October - 23 colombia's most wanted drug lord, Dario Antonio Úsuga, whose Gulf Clan controls many smuggling routes into the US and other countries, is captured by Colombia's armed forces.   

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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  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 October - 23.   

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on October - 23.   

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

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

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

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on October - 23.   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on October - 23.   

1616  On this day in history death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)