Historical Events In September - 23

1982  Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68 on September - 23.  

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

1984  On this day in history anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer, dies at 87  

1985  Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72 on September - 23.  

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  PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on The Civil War on this day in history.  

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

1991  On this day in history nY Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame  

1991  Chuck Vincent, Adult film director, dies of heart attack at 51 on this day in history.  

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

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

1993  On this day in history 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  On this day in history alec Dickson, founder of VSO, dies at 80  

1995  On this day in history booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist, dies at 81  

1996  On September - 23 denis Dowling, baritone, dies at 86  

1997  "The Adventures of Pinocchio" becomes the first DVD to incorporate DVD video games on this day in history.  

2005  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 on September - 23.  

2006  Toomas Hendrik Ilves is elected President of Estonia on September - 23.  

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  On September - 23 grammy Award winning rapper Eve (35) weds entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain  

2017  On September - 23 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 this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history 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  

2018  On September - 23 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  On September - 23 indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches "Modicare", free heathcare for 500 million, world's biggest healthcare program  

2019  On September - 23 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 this day in history russia formally adopts the Paris climate agreement.  

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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 September - 23.  

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

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on September - 23.  

1591  On September - 23 birth of michael Lohr, composer  

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

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 this day in history 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  On September - 23 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  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