Historical Events In September - 23

1952  First closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event on this day in history.  

1952  On September - 23 richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech  

1952  On September - 23 rocky Marciano KOs heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title  

1952  1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event on September - 23.  

1953  KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting on September - 23.  

1955  On this day in history pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad  

1956  On September - 23 earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75  

1957  On September - 23 "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly & Crickets reaches #1  

1958  On this day in history great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island  

1959  On September - 23 1959 The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia’s first passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes maiden voyage across Bass Strait.  

1960  Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72 on September - 23.  

1961  On September - 23 first movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire  

1961  On September - 23 1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire  

1961  Billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1962  On September - 23 aBC's first color TV series-The Jetsons  

1962  On this day in history aBC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons  

1967  Radio Malta stops testing on this day in history.  

1969  Northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77  

1972  Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63 on September - 23.  

1973  Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history a S Neill, British headmaster, dies at at 89  

1974  Cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1975  On September - 23 ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75  

1976  Ford-Carter TV debate on this day in history.  

1976  Soyuz 22 returns to Earth on September - 23.  

1977  On this day in history 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise  

1977  Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels on this day in history.  

1978  On September - 23 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit  

1978  On this day in history jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79  

1979  On this day in history jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC  

1979  On September - 23 catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75  

1980  On this day in history big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens  

1981  Chief Dan George, actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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1158  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) was born on this day in history.  

1161  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on this day in history.  

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on this day in history.  

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on this day in history.  

1555  On September - 23 birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange  

1591  On September - 23 birth of michael Lohr, composer  

1596  Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher was born on September - 23.  

1598  On this day in history birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)  

0079  On September - 23 death of pope Linus  

0775  On September - 23 constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies  

0918  On September - 23 koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42  

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on September - 23.  

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on this day in history.  

1390  Death of John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) on this day in history.  

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on this day in history.  

1541  On this day in history philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47