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  Rocky Marciano KOs heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

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

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

1955  On this day in history 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 September - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history 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 September - 23.   

1961  On September - 23 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  Radio Malta stops testing on this day in history.   

1969  On September - 23 northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead   

1971  Billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77 on September - 23.   

1972  Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1976  Soyuz 22 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1979  On September - 23 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  Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens on September - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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 September - 23 birth of michael Lohr, composer   

1596  On September - 23 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  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on September - 23.   

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  On September - 23 death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

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

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on September - 23.   

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