Historical Events In September - 23

1952  First closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event on September - 23.   

1952  Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech on this day in history.   

1952  Rocky Marciano KOs heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1952  On September - 23 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event   

1953  On September - 23 kHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1955  Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad on this day in history.   

1956  On September - 23 earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75   

1957  "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly & Crickets reaches #1 on September - 23.   

1958  Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.   

1959  On September - 23 1959 The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia’s first passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes maiden voyage across Bass Strait.   

1960  On September - 23 kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72   

1961  First movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire on September - 23.   

1961  On this day in history 1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire   

1961  On September - 23 billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I), dies at 71   

1962  ABC's first color TV series-The Jetsons on September - 23.   

1962  ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons on September - 23.   

1967  On September - 23 radio Malta stops testing   

1969  On September - 23 northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead   

1971  Billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77 on September - 23.   

1972  Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63 on September - 23.   

1973  Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power on September - 23.   

1973  On September - 23 a S Neill, British headmaster, dies at at 89   

1974  Cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1975  Ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1976  Ford-Carter TV debate on this day in history.   

1976  On September - 23 soyuz 22 returns to Earth   

1977  On this day in history 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise   

1977  Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels on this day in history.   

1978  100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit on this day in history.   

1978  Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC   

1979  Catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1980  Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens on this day in history.   

1981  On September - 23 chief Dan George, actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82   

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1158  On this day in history birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)   

1161  On September - 23 birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

1215  On September - 23 birth of kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)   

1434  On this day in history birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on September - 23.   

1591  On September - 23 birth of michael Lohr, composer   

1596  On September - 23 birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher   

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on September - 23.   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on this day in history.   

0775  On this day in history constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies   

0918  On September - 23 koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42   

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on September - 23.   

1241  On this day in history death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

1390  On September - 23 death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  On September - 23 death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)   

1541  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on this day in history.