Birthday October 23, 1752 Nicolas Appert, inventor of food canning, bouillon tablet
Birthday October 23, 1835 Adlai Stevenson, (D), 23rd VP (1893-97), US amb to UN
Birthday October 23, 1844 Robert Bridges, poet laureate of England (The Testament of Beauty)
Birthday October 23, 1844 Louis Riel, leader of insurrection of Metis in Manitoba
Birthday October 23, 1905 Karl Jansky, discoverer of cosmic radio emissions in 1932
Birthday October 23, 1905 Felix Bloch, U.S. physicist (Nobel 1952)
Birthday October 23, 1914 Frank (Bruiser) Kinard, NFL, AAFC tackle (Bkln, NY Yankees)
Birthday October 23, 1922 Coleen Gray, in Staplehurst Nebraska
Birthday October 23, 1925 Johnny Carson is born
Birthday October 23, 1925 Johnny Carson, Tonight Show host
Birthday October 23, 1931 Diana Dors, in England
Birthday October 23, 1938 John Heinz, (R-Pa-Sen)
Birthday October 23, 1940 Edison Pele, soccer player extraordinaire
Birthday October 23, 1942 Michael Crichton, (Andromeda Strain)
Birthday October 23, 1942 Michael Crichton is born
Birthday October 23, 1956 Darrell Pace, U.S. Olympic archer
History October 23, 0000 Brutus commits suicide
History October 23, 1679 Meal Tub Plot against James II of England.
History October 23, 1777 British fleet suffers defeat at Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
History October 23, 1790 Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed).
History October 23, 1813 American fur traders turn over Astoria, Oregon, to the British
History October 23, 1855 Rival governments in bleeding Kansas
History October 23, 1864 Battle of Westport, Missouri
History October 23, 1864 Union Gen. Samuel R. Curtis defeats Conf Gen. Stirling Price
History October 23, 1890 President Benjamin Harrison extends borders of Nebraska
History October 23, 1910 Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight
History October 23, 1915 25 000 women marched in NYC demanding the right to vote
History October 23, 1941 Soviets switch commanders in drive to halt Germans
History October 23, 1941 Walt Disney's "Dumbo" is released
History October 23, 1942 During WW II Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein Egypt
History October 23, 1946 UN Gen Assembly convenes in NY for 1st time in Flushing Meadow.
History October 23, 1956 Hungarian protest turns violent
History October 23, 1956 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast
History October 23, 1956 Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary
History October 23, 1958 Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak wins Nobel Prize for Literature
History October 23, 1965 1st Cavalry Division launches Operation Silver Bayonet
History October 23, 1972 U.S. negotiators ask for further talks in Paris
History October 23, 1973 President Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings
History October 23, 1975 Islander Glenn Resch's 5th shut-out opponent - Flyers 3-0
History October 23, 1976 Chicago has its first #1 hit with If You Leave Me Now
History October 23, 1977 By 2/3 majority Panamanians vote to approve the new Canal treaties
History October 23, 1980 Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns due to illness.
History October 23, 1983 Beirut barracks blown up
History October 23, 1983 241 US Marines & sailors die in a terrorist suicide attack in Beriut
History October 23, 1983 U.S. Embassy in Beirut hit by massive car bomb
History October 23, 1989 Gas leak kills 23 at plastics factory
History October 23, 1993 Carter homers to win World Series
History October 23, 1998 An abortion-performing doctor is murdered
October 23, 1752 Nicolas Appert, inventor of food canning, bouillon tablet
October 23, 1835 Adlai Stevenson, (D), 23rd VP (1893-97), US amb to UN
October 23, 1844 Robert Bridges, poet laureate of England (The Testament of Beauty)
October 23, 1844 Louis Riel, leader of insurrection of Metis in Manitoba
October 23, 1905 Karl Jansky, discoverer of cosmic radio emissions in 1932
October 23, 1905 Felix Bloch, U.S. physicist (Nobel 1952)
October 23, 1914 Frank (Bruiser) Kinard, NFL, AAFC tackle (Bkln, NY Yankees)
October 23, 1922 Coleen Gray, in Staplehurst Nebraska
October 23, 1925 Johnny Carson is born
October 23, 1925 Johnny Carson, Tonight Show host
October 23, 1931 Diana Dors, in England
October 23, 1938 John Heinz, (R-Pa-Sen)
October 23, 1940 Edison Pele, soccer player extraordinaire
October 23, 1942 Michael Crichton, (Andromeda Strain)
October 23, 1942 Michael Crichton is born
October 23, 1956 Darrell Pace, U.S. Olympic archer
October 23, 0000 Brutus commits suicide
October 23, 1679 Meal Tub Plot against James II of England.
October 23, 1777 British fleet suffers defeat at Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
October 23, 1790 Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed).
October 23, 1813 American fur traders turn over Astoria, Oregon, to the British
October 23, 1855 Rival governments in bleeding Kansas
October 23, 1864 Battle of Westport, Missouri
October 23, 1864 Union Gen. Samuel R. Curtis defeats Conf Gen. Stirling Price
October 23, 1890 President Benjamin Harrison extends borders of Nebraska
October 23, 1910 Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight
October 23, 1915 25 000 women marched in NYC demanding the right to vote
October 23, 1941 Soviets switch commanders in drive to halt Germans
October 23, 1941 Walt Disney's "Dumbo" is released
October 23, 1942 During WW II Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein Egypt
October 23, 1946 UN Gen Assembly convenes in NY for 1st time in Flushing Meadow.
October 23, 1956 Hungarian protest turns violent
October 23, 1956 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast
October 23, 1956 Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary
October 23, 1958 Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak wins Nobel Prize for Literature
October 23, 1965 1st Cavalry Division launches Operation Silver Bayonet
October 23, 1972 U.S. negotiators ask for further talks in Paris
October 23, 1973 President Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings
October 23, 1975 Islander Glenn Resch's 5th shut-out opponent - Flyers 3-0
October 23, 1976 Chicago has its first #1 hit with If You Leave Me Now
October 23, 1977 By 2/3 majority Panamanians vote to approve the new Canal treaties
October 23, 1980 Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns due to illness.
October 23, 1983 Beirut barracks blown up
October 23, 1983 241 US Marines & sailors die in a terrorist suicide attack in Beriut
October 23, 1983 U.S. Embassy in Beirut hit by massive car bomb
October 23, 1989 Gas leak kills 23 at plastics factory
October 23, 1993 Carter homers to win World Series
October 23, 1998 An abortion-performing doctor is murdered