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What happend on 23. October in History
In our data base we found 300 events happened on 23. October:
• 1086: At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI. [category: Events]
• 1157: The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country. [category: Events]
• 1295: The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1456: John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (b. 1386) [category: Deaths]
• 1516: Charlotte of Valois (d. 1524) [category: Births]
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• 1550: Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (b. 1480) [category: Deaths]
• 1581: Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) [category: Deaths]
• 1616: Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) [category: Deaths]
• 1634: Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1715) [category: Births]
• 1641: Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641. [category: Events]
• 1642: Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1654: Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian composer (d. 1712) [category: Births]
• 1688: Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (b. 1610) [category: Deaths]
• 1694: British/American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec from the French. [category: Events]
• 1698: Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed the École Militaire (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1705: Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) [category: Births]
• 1707: The first Parliament of Great Britain meets. [category: Events]
• 1713: Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist (d. 1778) [category: Births]
• 1715: Peter II of Russia (d. 1730) [category: Births]
• 1730: Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683) [category: Deaths]
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• 1739: War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain. [category: Events]
• 1762: Samuel Morey, American inventor (d. 1843) [category: Births]
• 1764: Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683) [category: Deaths]
• 1766: Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (d. 1847) [category: Births]
• 1771: Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1774: Michel Benoist, French missionary and scientist (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1796: Stefano Franscini, Swiss politician (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1801: Albert Lortzing, German composer (d. 1851) [category: Births]
• 1805: John Russell Bartlett, American historian and linguist (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1813: Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1815: João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1817: Pierre Athanase Larousse, French lexicographer (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1835: Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1844: Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1850: The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [category: Events]
• 1857: Juan Luna, Filipino painter (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1861: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases. [category: Events]
• 1864: American Civil War: Battle of Westport – Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City. [category: Events]
• 1865: Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1867: Franz Bopp, German linguist (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1867: 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate. [category: Events]
• 1869: John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1869: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1870: Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory. [category: Events]
• 1872: Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1875: Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1876: Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1880: Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1885: Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1885: Charles S. West, American jurist and politician (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Onésime Gagnon, Canadian politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1893: Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1893: Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: Rube Bressler, American baseball player (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1896: André Lévêque, French engineer (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1897: Marjorie Flack, American author (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1900: Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1904: Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1905: Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1905: Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1906: Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France. [category: Events]
• 1908: Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1909: Zellig Harris, American linguist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1910: Hayden Rorke, American actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1910: Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1910: Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War. [category: Events]
• 1912: First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins. [category: Events]
• 1915: W. G. Grace, English cricketer (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Woman's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote. [category: Events]
• 1917: Lenin calls for the October Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1918: James Daly, American actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1918: Paul Rudolph, American architect, designed the Lippo Centre (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1918: Peggy Moran, American actress (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1919: Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1920: Bob Montana, American cartoonist (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1920: Ted Fujita, Japanese meteorologist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1921: R. K. Laxman, Indian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1921: John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Coleen Gray, American actress [category: Births]
• 1923: Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar, author, and poet [category: Births]
• 1923: Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1923: Harold P. Warren, American director (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ned Rorem, American composer [category: Births]
• 1925: Fred Shero, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1925: Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1925: Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1927: Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1927: Sonny Criss, American saxophonist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1928: Bella Darvi, Polish-French actress (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1929: Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1929: Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic. [category: Events]
• 1929: The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California. [category: Events]
• 1931: Diana Dors, English actress (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1931: Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician [category: Births]
• 1931: William P. Clark, Jr., American politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor [category: Births]
• 1932: Vasily Belov, Russian poet (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1934: William Brennaugh, Canadian lacrosse player (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican golfer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1936: Philip Kaufman, American director [category: Births]
• 1937: Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian guerrilla leader (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1938: Jean-Guy Gautier, French rugby player (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Stanley Anderson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Zane Grey, American author (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Raindrops) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1940: Jane Holzer, American model, actress, producer, and art collector [category: Births]
• 1940: Pelé, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1941: Igor Smirnov, Moldovan politician, President of Transnistria [category: Births]
• 1941: Mel Winkler, American actor [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow. [category: Events]
• 1942: Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and activist, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1942: Bernd Erdmann, German footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1942: Michael Crichton, American author, screenwriter, director, and producer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1942: Ralph Rainger, American composer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 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 [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: – At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26. [category: Events]
• 1943: Alida Chelli, Italian actress and singer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1943: Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Mike Harding, English singer-songwriter and comedian [category: Births]
• 1944: Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf – The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary. [category: Events]
• 1945: Kim Larsen, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gasolin') [category: Births]
• 1945: Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter [category: Births]
• 1946: Mel Martinez, American politician [category: Births]
• 1946: The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City. [category: Events]
• 1948: Brian Ross, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1948: Hermann Hauser, Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory [category: Births]
• 1949: Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet [category: Births]
• 1949: Würzel, English singer and guitarist (Motörhead) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1950: Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1950: Al Jolson, Russian-American actor and singer (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Charly García, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Sui Generis, Serú Girán, and La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros) [category: Births]
• 1951: Fatmir Sejdiu, Kosovan politician, 2nd President of Kosovo [category: Births]
• 1952: Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (Gong) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1953: Taner Akçam, Turkish historian and sociologist [category: Births]
• 1953: Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director [category: Births]
• 1956: Dianne Reeves, American singer [category: Births]
• 1956: Dwight Yoakam, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4). [category: Events]
• 1957: Martin Luther King III, American activist [category: Births]
• 1957: Paul Kagame, Rwandan politician, 6th President of Rwanda [category: Births]
• 1957: Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, academic, and author [category: Births]
• 1958: Rose Nabinger, German singer [category: Births]
• 1958: The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo which is serialized in the comics magazine Spirou. [category: Events]
• 1958: The Springhill Mine Bump – An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. [category: Events]
• 1959: Nancy Grace, American journalist and television host [category: Births]
• 1959: Sam Raimi, American director [category: Births]
• 1959: Weird Al Yankovic, American singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor [category: Births]
• 1959: George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Randy Pausch, American academic and author (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1960: Wayne Rainey, American motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1961: Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Laurie Halse Anderson, American author [category: Births]
• 1962: Doug Flutie, American football player [category: Births]
• 1963: Gordon Korman, Canadian-American author [category: Births]
• 1964: Robert Trujillo, American bass player and songwriter (Metallica, Black Label Society, Suicidal Tendencies, and Infectious Grooves) [category: Births]
• 1965: Al Leiter, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Augusten Burroughs, American author and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1966: Alex Flinn, American author [category: Births]
• 1966: Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1967: Dale Crover, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Melvins, The Men of Porn, and Altamont) [category: Births]
• 1969: Brooke Theiss, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Trudi Canavan, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1970: Grant Imahara, American engineer [category: Births]
• 1970: Steve Wilder, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Zoe Wiseman, American model and photographer [category: Births]
• 1970: Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas. [category: Events]
• 1971: Carlo Forlivesi, Italian composer [category: Births]
• 1971: Christopher Horner, American cyclist [category: Births]
• 1972: Bryan Pratt, American politician [category: Births]
• 1972: Jasmin St. Claire, Virgin Islander porn actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Jimmy Wayne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1972: Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months. [category: Events]
• 1973: Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria. [category: Events]
• 1973: The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations. [category: Events]
• 1974: Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Jessicka, American singer-songwriter (Jack Off Jill and Scarling.) [category: Births]
• 1975: Keith Van Horn, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Michelle Beadle, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1975: Odalys García, Cuban actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Cat Deeley, English model, actress, and television host [category: Births]
• 1976: Jon Huertas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Brad Haddin, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1978: Archie Thompson, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jimmy Bullard, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Steve Harmison, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1978: Wang Nan, Chinese table tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: Maybelle Carter, American guitarist (Carter Family) (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Simon Davies, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Mate Bilić, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Ben Francisco, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch race car driver [category: Births]
• 1982: Aleksandar Luković, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Filippos Darlas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Josh Strickland, American singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1984: Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model [category: Births]
• 1984: Meghan McCain, American columnist and author [category: Births]
• 1984: Simone Masini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: James Petrillo, American union leader (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Chris Neal, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Luca Spinetti, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress and poet [category: Births]
• 1985: Mohammed Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Briana Evigan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Jake Robinson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Jessica Stroup, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer-songwriter (Play) [category: Births]
• 1988: Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People's Republic. [category: Events]
• 1990: Axel Ehnström, Finnish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1990: Stan Walker, Australian singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Stevie Brock, American singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Princess Mako of Akishino [category: Births]
• 1992: Álvaro Morata, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Taylor Spreitler, American actress [category: Births]
• 1993: The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians. Ulster loyalists retaliate a week later with the Greysteel massacre. [category: Events]
• 1994: Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Bob Grim, American baseball player (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Daphne Blunt, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1997: Bert Haanstra, Dutch director (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Amandla Stenberg, American actress [category: Births]
• 1998: Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement. [category: Events]
• 2000: Yokozuna, Samoan-American wrestler (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Josh Kirby, English illustrator (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Apple announces the iPod. [category: Events]
• 2002: Adolph Green, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage. [category: Events]
• 2003: Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Tony Capstick, English actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Bill Nicholson, English footballer (b.1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Robert Merrill, American opera singer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2005: John Muth, American economist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo, 10th First Lady of Nigeria (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: John Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche causes the Usumacinta Jackup rig to collide with Kab 101, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig. [category: Events]
• 2008: Kevin Finnegan, English boxer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Francis Crippen, American swimmer (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Herbert A. Hauptman American mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: John McCarthy, American computer scientist, developed the Lisp programming language (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands. [category: Events]
• 2011: The Libiyan National Transition Council deems the Libyan civil war over. [category: Events]
• 2012: Hughie Hay, Scottish footballer [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William Joel Blass, American judge (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: After 38 years, the world's first teletext service (BBC's Ceefax) ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover. [category: Events]
• 4004_bc: Young Earth creationism claims the Universe was created, according to the Ussher chronology. [category: Events]
• 425: Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6. [category: Events]
• 42_bc: Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Roman senator (b. 85 BC) [category: Deaths]
• 42_bc: Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus's army. Brutus commits suicide. [category: 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. [category: Events]
• 64_bc: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman general and statesman (d. 12 BC) [category: Births]
• 877: Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople (b. 797) [category: Deaths]
• 891: Yazaman al-Khadim, Turkish military leader [category: Deaths]
• 930: Emperor Daigo of Japan (b. 885) [category: Deaths]
• _: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (Republic of Macedonia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Giovanni da Capistrano [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ignatius of Constantinople [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mole Day (Chemists) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Hungary) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Severin of Cologne [category: Holidays and observances]