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
1157 –
The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.
1642 –
Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War.
1707 –
The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.
1912 –
First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
1915 –
Woman’s suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote.
1935 –
Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard “Lulu” Rosencrantz are fatally shot at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre.
1944 –
World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
1970 –
Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
1973 –
A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.
1989 –
The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People’s Republic.
Who were born on October 23?
1936 –
Philip Kaufman, American film director
1940 –
Baby Jane Holzer, American art collector, film producer and Andy Warhol “superstar”
1942 –
Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007)
1949 –
Michael ‘Wurzel’Burston, British musician (Motörhead)
1951 –
Fatmir Sejdiu, former (2nd) President of Kosovo
1983 –
Filippos Darlas, Greek footballer
1984 –
Meghan McCain, American author and daughter of John McCain
1985 –
Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American writer and actress
1986 –
Jake Robinson, English footballer
1990 –
Axel Ehnström, Finnish singer (Better known by stage name Paradise Oskar)
Who died on October 23?
1456 –
Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)
1581 –
Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)
1774 –
Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715)
1910 –
Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b. 1853)
1915 –
W. G. Grace, English cricketer (b. 1848)
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)
1997 –
Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)
2001 –
Ronald William “Josh” Kirby, British artist (b. 1928)
2010 –
Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (b. 1942)
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