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Birthday September 23, 0063 Octavian (Augustus C‘sar), 1st Roman emperor |
Birthday September 23, 0484 Euripides, ancient Greek playwright (Trojan Women) (or 480 BC) |
Birthday September 23, 1583 Augustus |
Birthday September 23, 1713 Ferdinand VI, king of Spain (1746-59) |
Birthday September 23, 1800 William H McGuffey, educator (McGuffey Readers) |
Birthday September 23, 1838 Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, American feminist, reformer |
Birthday September 23, 1852 William Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school |
Birthday September 23, 1880 John Boyd Orr, nutritionist, UN's FAO (Nobel 1949) |
Birthday September 23, 1889 Walter Lippmann, journalist, political writer |
Birthday September 23, 1898 Walter Pidgeon, Actor (Mrs Miniver, Madame Curie) |
Birthday September 23, 1900 Louise Nevelson, sculptor |
Birthday September 23, 1910 Elliot Roosevelt, son of FDR |
Birthday September 23, 1920 Mickey Rooney, Actor |
Birthday September 23, 1926 John Coltrane, saxophonist |
Birthday September 23, 1930 Ray Charles, Sings Georgia, entertainer |
Birthday September 23, 1938 Romy Schneider, in Vienna Austria |
Birthday September 23, 1949 Bruce (Boss) Springsteen, rock musician (Born in the USA) |
History September 23, 0063 BC - Augustus 1st Roman Emperor |
History September 23, 1779 John Paul Jones victorious |
History September 23, 1779 John Paul Jones wins in English waters |
History September 23, 1779 Naval engagement 'Bonhomme Richard' defeats 'HMS Serepis' |
History September 23, 1780 John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point |
History September 23, 1806 Lewis and Clark return |
History September 23, 1846 Eighth planet discovered |
History September 23, 1846 Johann Galle & Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune |
History September 23, 1862 Leo Tolstoy marries Sophie Andreyevna Behrs |
History September 23, 1863 Lincoln plans to send army to Chattanooga |
History September 23, 1875 Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time |
History September 23, 1877 Urbain J.J. Leverrier codiscoverer of Neptune dies |
History September 23, 1890 Ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in 1 inning |
History September 23, 1908 Controversial call gives Cubs the pennant |
History September 23, 1912 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie is released |
History September 23, 1917 German pilot Werner Voss shot down over Western Front |
History September 23, 1926 Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title |
History September 23, 1932 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia formed (National Day) |
History September 23, 1933 Standard Oil geologists arrive in Saudi Arabia |
History September 23, 1933 Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12 |
History September 23, 1943 Mussolini re-establishes a fascist regime in northern Italy |
History September 23, 1944 FDR defends his dog |
History September 23, 1949 Truman announces Soviets have exploded a nuclear device |
History September 23, 1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event |
History September 23, 1952 Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech |
History September 23, 1961 1st movie to become a TV series - How to Marry a Millionaire |
History September 23, 1962 ABC's 1st color TV series - The Jetsons |
History September 23, 1964 Chagall's ceiling unveiled |
History September 23, 1965 South Vietnam executes three accused VC agents |
History September 23, 1969 Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago |
History September 23, 1972 Mac Davis earns one of the 1970s' most head-scratching #1 hits with Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me |
History September 23, 1973 Largest known prime 2 ^ 132 049 - 1 is discovered |
History September 23, 1976 Soyuz 22 returns to Earth |
History September 23, 1976 Ford-Carter TV debate |
History September 23, 1977 Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels |
History September 23, 1977 3rd test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise |
History September 23, 1980 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens |
History September 23, 1981 A two-month manhunt for a murdering writer comes to an end |
History September 23, 1994 The Shawshank Redemption debuts |
History September 23, 2004 Hurricane Jeanne crashes into Haiti |