Historical Events In September - 23

1982  On this day in history jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68   

1983  On September - 23 columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9   

1984  Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer, dies at 87 on September - 23.   

1985  On September - 23 mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72   

1987  Bob Fosse, choreographer (All the Jazz), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1988  Arwel Hughes, composer, dies at 79 on September - 23.   

1990  On this day in history pBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on The Civil War   

1990  On this day in history saddam says he will destroy Israel   

1991  NY Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

1991  Chuck Vincent, Adult film director, dies of heart attack at 51 on September - 23.   

1992  On September - 23 bernice Gera, 1st female basball ump (1969 NY-Penn League) dies at 61   

1993  On September - 23 a South African Bill grants blacks a legal say in affairs of state for the first time   

1993  On September - 23 sydney, Australia chosen for Olympic Games of 2000   

1993  On September - 23 william Cort, actor/producer (Ghost, Dear Heart), dies of cancer at 53   

1994  Alec Dickson, founder of VSO, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1995  On September - 23 booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist, dies at 81   

1996  Denis Dowling, baritone, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1997  "The Adventures of Pinocchio" becomes the first DVD to incorporate DVD video games on September - 23.   

2005  On this day in history convicted bank thief and Boricua Popular Army leader, Filiberto Ojeda Ríos is killed in his home in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico when members of the FBI attempt to serve an arrest warrant.   

2006  On September - 23 toomas Hendrik Ilves is elected President of Estonia.   

2007  On September - 23 yokozuna Hakuho won the Emperor's Cup at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament (Aki Basho) in Tokyo, Japan.   

2012  On September - 23 iran blocks the use of Google as a search engine   

2013  On September - 23 25 people are killed after Typhoon Usagi passes Hong Kong and China   

2014  Grammy Award winning rapper Eve (35) weds entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history women are allowed in King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh for the first time during Saudi Arabia's 87th anniversary celebrations   

2018  Japan's space agency is the first to place two robotic explorers on an asteroid - Ryugu, from its Hayabusa-2 spacecraft on this day in history.   

2018  Tiger Woods fires final round 71 to beat Billy Horschel by 2 and win the Tour Championship at East Lake GC in Atlanta: Woods' 80th PGA Tour win; first in 5 years; Justin Rose wins FedEx Cup crown, $10m bonus on September - 23.   

2018  39 year old New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws 17 yard pass to Michael Thomas to become NFL career pass leader, breaking Brett Favre's record of 6,300 completions; Saints beat Falcons 43-37 on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history alexander Zverev beats Kevin Anderson 6-7, 7-5, 10-7 in Chicago to complete a 13-8 win for Team Europe over Team World in the 2nd Laver Cup tennis tournament   

2018  Mud volcano, the Otman-Bozdag, erupts 300m (980ft) high, near Baku, Azerbaijan on this day in history.   

2018  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches "Modicare", free heathcare for 500 million, world's biggest healthcare program on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history one of the largest and oldest travel firms, Thomas Cook, goes bankrupt as last-minute rescue negotiations fail, stranding 600,000 tourists worldwide.   

2019  On September - 23 russia formally adopts the Paris climate agreement.   

2023  Farm Aid held in Noblesville, Indiana; performers include Willie Nelson , John Mellencamp , Dave Matthews . Margo Price, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, Bob Dylan , The String Cheese Incident, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats on September - 23.   

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

1161  On September - 23 birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on September - 23.   

1434  On September - 23 birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

1555  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on this day in history.   

0775  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on this day in history.   

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

0965  On September - 23 death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered   

1241  On this day in history death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

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

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

1541  On September - 23 philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47