{"id":15382,"date":"2023-10-23T01:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T19:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=15382"},"modified":"2023-10-17T15:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:56:52","slug":"history-of-23-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-23-october\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 23 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

History of 23 October<\/h2>\n

1910<\/strong> – Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight in the United States.<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong> – The first\u00a0U.S.\u00a0championship horseshoe tourney was held in Kellerton,\u00a0IA.<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong> – Approximately 25,000 women demanded the right to vote with a march in New York City,\u00a0NY.<\/p>\n

1929<\/strong> – In the\u00a0U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged starting the stock-market crash that began the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

1930<\/strong> – J.K. Scott won the first miniature golf tournament. The event was held in Chattanooga,\u00a0TN.<\/p>\n

1942<\/strong> – During World War II, the British began a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein, Egypt.<\/p>\n

1944<\/strong> – During World War II, the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.<\/p>\n

1946<\/strong> – The United Nations General Assembly convened in New York for the first time.<\/p>\n

1956<\/strong> – Hungarian citizens began an uprising against Soviet occupation. On November 4, 1956, Soviet forces enter Hungary and eventually suppress the uprising.<\/p>\n

1956<\/strong> – NBC broadcasted the first videotape recording. The tape of Jonathan Winters was seen coast to coast in the\u00a0U.S.<\/p>\n

1958<\/strong> – Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He was forced to refuse the honor due to a negative Soviet reaction. Pasternak won the award for writing “Dr. Zhivago”.<\/p>\n

1962<\/strong> – During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0naval “quarantine” of Cuba was approved by the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS).<\/p>\n

1962<\/strong> – The U.S. Navy reconnaissance squadron VFP-62 began overflights of Cuba under the code name “Blue Moon.”<\/p>\n

1971<\/strong> – The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and seat Communist China.<\/p>\n

1973<\/strong> –\u00a0U.S. President Richard M. Nixon\u00a0agreed to turn over the subpoenaed tapes concerning the Watergate affair.<\/p>\n

1978<\/strong> – China and Japan formally ended four decades of hostility when they exchanged treaty ratifications.<\/p>\n

1980<\/strong> – The resignation of Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin was announced.<\/p>\n

1984<\/strong> – “NBC Nightly News” aired footage of the severe drought in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

1985<\/strong> –\u00a0U.S. President Reagan\u00a0arrived in New York to address the U.N. General Assembly.<\/p>\n

1989<\/strong> – Hungary became an independent republic, after 33 years of Soviet rule.<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong> – Japanese Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese emperor to stand on Chinese soil.<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong> – Joe Carter (Toronto Blue Jays) became only the second player to end the World Series with a home run.<\/p>\n

1995<\/strong> – Russian President Boris Yeltsin and\u00a0U.S. President Bill Clinton\u00a0agree to a joint peacekeeping effort in the war-torn Bosnia.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a breakthrough in a land-for-peace West Bank accord.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> – Japan nationalized its first bank since World War II.<\/p>\n

2000<\/strong> – Universal Studios Consumer Products Group (USCPG) and Amblin Entertainment announced an unprecedented and exclusive three-year worldwide merchandising program with Toys “R” Us, Inc. The deal was for the rights to exclusive “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” merchandise starting in fall 2001. The film was scheduled for re-release in the spring of 2002.<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong> – NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft began orbiting Mars. In 2010, it became the longest-operating spacecraft ever sent to Mars.<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Chechen terrorists\u00a0seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostages.<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A powerful\u00a0earthquake\u00a0and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A storm causes the Mexican\u00a0Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after the evacuation of the platform.<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A powerful 7.2 magnitude\u00a0earthquake\u00a0strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong> \u2013 The Libyan National Transition Council deems the\u00a0Libyan Civil War\u00a0over.<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong> \u2013 After 38 years, the world’s first Teletext service (BBC’s Ceefax) ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in\u00a0Hurricane Patricia, which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 33 Chinese nationals and 6 Vietnamese nationals are\u00a0found dead\u00a0in a refrigerated lorry in\u00a0Grays, England.<\/p>\n

Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
  • 1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic,\u00a0Nobel Prize\u00a0laureate (b. 1893)<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Asashio Tar\u014d III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th\u00a0Yokozuna\u00a0(b. 1929)<\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Thomas Williams, American author and academic (b. 1926)<\/li>\n
  • 1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928)<\/li>\n
  • 1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bob Grim, American baseball player (b. 1930)<\/li>\n
  • 1997<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)<\/li>\n
  • 1998<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)<\/li>\n
  • 1999<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd\u00a0Premier of Tasmania\u00a0(b. 1909)<\/li>\n
  • 2000<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Yokozuna, American wrestler (b. 1966)<\/li>\n
  • 2001<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Josh Kirby, English illustrator (b. 1928)<\/li>\n
  • 2001<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer, and historian (b. 1917)<\/li>\n
  • 2002<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Adolph Green, American playwright, and songwriter (b. 1915)<\/li>\n
  • 2003<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tony Capstick, English actor and singer (b. 1944)<\/li>\n
  • 2003<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Soong Mei-ling, Chinese wife of\u00a0Chiang Kai-shek, 2nd\u00a0First Lady of the Republic of China\u00a0(b. 1898)<\/li>\n
  • 2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (b. 1919)<\/li>\n
  • 2004<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Bill Nicholson, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1919)<\/li>\n
  • 2005<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948)<\/li>\n
  • 2005<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0John Muth, American economist and academic (b. 1930)<\/li>\n
  • 2005<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian wife of\u00a0Olusegun Obasanjo, 10th\u00a0First Lady of Nigeria\u00a0(b. 1945)<\/li>\n
  • 2006<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (b. 1977)<\/li>\n
  • 2007<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0John<\/strong> Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman, founded\u00a0Crazy John’s\u00a0(b. 1965)<\/li>\n
  • 2007<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918)<\/li>\n
  • 2008<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kevin Finnegan, English boxer (b. 1948)<\/li>\n
  • 2009<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (b. 1913)<\/li>\n
  • 2010<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Fran Crippen, American swimmer (b. 1984)<\/li>\n
  • 2010<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Stanley Tanger, American businessman, and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers\u00a0(b. 1923)<\/li>\n
  • 2011<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize\u00a0laureate (b. 1917)<\/li>\n
  • 2011<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1987)<\/li>\n
  • 2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0William Joel Blass, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)<\/li>\n
  • 2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Wilhelm Brasse, a Polish photographer (b. 1917)<\/li>\n
  • 2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Roland de la Pope, French soldier, and pilot (b. 1920)<\/li>\n
  • 2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author, and poet (b. 1934)<\/li>\n
  • 2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1952)<\/li>\n
  • 2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Wes Bialosuknia, American basketball player (b. 1945)<\/li>\n
  • 2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Anthony Caro, English sculptor and academic (b. 1924)<\/li>\n
  • 2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Niall Donohue, Irish hurler (b. 1990)<\/li>\n
  • 2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Gympie Mayo, English guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood\u00a0and\u00a0The Yardbirds) (b. 1951)<\/li>\n
  • 2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist, and sportscaster (b. 1920)<\/li>\n
  • 2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1922)<\/li>\n
  • 2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0John Bramlett, American football player (b. 1941)<\/li>\n
  • 2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (b. 1929)<\/li>\n
  • 2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (b. 1927)<\/li>\n
  • 2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)<\/li>\n
  • 2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alvin Stardust, English singer, and actor (b. 1942)<\/li>\n
  • 2015<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Leon Bibb, American-Canadian singer (b. 1922)<\/li>\n
  • 2015<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Roger De Clerck, Belgian businessman (b. 1924)<\/li>\n
  • 2015<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1940)<\/li>\n
  • 2015<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Fred Sands, American businessman, and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art\u00a0(b. 1938)<\/li>\n
  • 2016<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jack Chick, American cartoonist, and publisher (b. 1924)<\/li>\n
  • 2016<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Wim van der Voort, Dutch speed skater (b. 1923)<\/li>\n
  • 2016<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (b. 1959)<\/li>\n
  • 2017<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Walter Lassally, German cinematographer (b. 1926)<\/li>\n
  • 2018<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Todd Reid, Australian tennis player (b. 1984)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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