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

  • 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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