What happened this day in history October 23

What are the important events that happened on October 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 23: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 23 is the 297th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 10, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,729,641,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontaheptagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 98 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,324 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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October 23 Historical Events

  • 1812
    Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he is now the commandant of Paris.
  • 1861
    U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
  • 1867
    72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
  • 1912
    First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
  • 1942
    All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger (“Thanks for the Memory”, “Love in Bloom”, “Blue Hawaii”).
  • 1944
    World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf – The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines.
  • 1944
    World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
  • 1965
    Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches a new operation seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands).
  • 1972
    Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
  • 1989
    The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People’s Republic.

Who were born on October 23?

  • 1801
    Albert Lortzing, German composer (d. 1851)
  • 1894
    Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966)
  • 1908
    Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
  • 1910
    Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (d. 1993)
  • 1918
    James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
  • 1919
    Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (d. 1992)
  • 1922
    Coleen Gray, American actress
  • 1958
    Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, professor, author
  • 1965
    Al Leiter, American baseball player
  • 1970
    Zoe Wiseman, American Model and Photographer

Who died on October 23?

  • 877
    Ignatius, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 797)
  • 930
    Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)
  • 1774
    Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715)
  • 1885
    Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (b. 1829)
  • 1978
    Maybelle Carter, American guitarist and musical innovator (b. 1909)
  • 1983
    Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
  • 1984
    James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (b. 1892)
  • 1986
    Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1893)
  • 2002
    Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1915)
  • 2005
    Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (b. 1945)

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