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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