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 296^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 10, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,216 hours 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 ‘dihectaenneacontahexagon’ 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 117 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 4,689 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 23 Historical Events

• 502 –
  The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
• 1739 –
  War of Jenkins’ Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
• 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.
• 1941 –
  Walt Disney’s animated film Dumbo is released.
• 1946 –
  The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
• 1983 –
  Lebanon Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
• 1989 –
  The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People’s Republic.
• 1993 –
  Shankill Road bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
• 2004 –
  A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
• 2011 –
  A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.

Who were born on October 23?

• 1835 –
  Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, and 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
• 1942 –
  Michael Crichton, American writer (d. 2008)
• 1956 –
  Dwight Yoakam, American singer
• 1965 –
  Augusten Burroughs, American writer
• 1976 –
  Cat Deeley, English model and television personality
• 1978 –
  Wang Nan, Chinese table tennis player
• 1979 –
  Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1981 –
  Shoo, South Korean singer and actress
• 1984 –
  Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
• 1984 –
  Meghan McCain, American author and daughter of John McCain

Who died on October 23?

• 42 BC –
  Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator (b. 85 BC)
• 877 –
  Ignatius, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 797)
• 1581 –
  Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)
• 1869 –
  Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1893 –
  Alexander Battenberg, prince of Bulgaria (b. 1857)
• 1942 –
  Ralph Rainger, American composer (b. 1901)
• 1944 –
  Hana Brady, Holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1983 –
  Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
• 2006 –
  Lebo Mathosa, South African entertainer (b. 1977)
• 2007 –
  Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-born Chinese businessman (b. 1918)