Page 6: Historical Events In September - 23

1952  On September - 23 first closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event   

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

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  Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75   

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 this day in history.   

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 September - 23 kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72   

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

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

1961  Billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I), dies at 71 on September - 23.   

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  On this day in history radio Malta stops testing   

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

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  A S Neill, British headmaster, dies at at 89 on September - 23.   

1974  On this day in history cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68   

1975  Ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1976  Ford-Carter TV debate on September - 23.   

1976  On September - 23 soyuz 22 returns to Earth   

1977  3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise on September - 23.   

1977  Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels on September - 23.   

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

1978  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 September - 23.   

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on September - 23.   

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

1591  On this day in history birth of michael Lohr, composer   

1596  On this day in history birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher   

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on September - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1390  On this day in history death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  On September - 23 death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)   

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