Historical Events In September - 23

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

1952  Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech on September - 23.   

1952  Rocky Marciano KOs heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title on September - 23.   

1952  1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history kHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1955  On September - 23 pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad   

1956  Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1957  "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly & Crickets reaches #1 on this day in history.   

1958  Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on September - 23.   

1959  On this day in history 1959 The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia’s first passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes maiden voyage across Bass Strait.   

1960  On this day in history kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72   

1961  First movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire on September - 23.   

1961  On this day in history 1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire   

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

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

1962  On September - 23 aBC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons   

1967  On this day in history radio Malta stops testing   

1969  Northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead on September - 23.   

1971  Billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1972  On September - 23 carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63   

1973  On September - 23 former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power   

1973  On September - 23 a S Neill, British headmaster, dies at at 89   

1974  Cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68 on September - 23.   

1975  On this day in history ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75   

1976  On September - 23 ford-Carter TV debate   

1976  On September - 23 soyuz 22 returns to Earth   

1977  On September - 23 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise   

1977  On this day in history cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels   

1978  100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit on this day in history.   

1978  On September - 23 jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79   

1979  Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC on this day in history.   

1979  Catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1980  Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens on this day in history.   

1981  On September - 23 chief Dan George, actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82   

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1158  On September - 23 birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)   

1161  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on September - 23.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1598  On September - 23 birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)   

0079  On this day in history death of pope Linus   

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

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on September - 23.   

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 September - 23.   

1390  Death of John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) on September - 23.   

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

1541  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on September - 23.