Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In December - 23
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1973 On December - 23 "The Young and the Restless" premiers on TV 
1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices on December - 23.
1973 Arthur Richardson, cricketer (9 Tests 1924-26), dies on this day in history.
1975 Congress passes Metric Conversion Act on December - 23.
1975 Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead on this day in history.
1976 Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies on this day in history.
1982 Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62 on December - 23.
1983 On December - 23 journal Science publishes first report on nuclear winter
1985 On December - 23 james Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages
1986 On this day in history voyager completes global flight, Rutan and Yeager make around-the-world flight without refueling
1987 On December - 23 lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison
1989 On this day in history josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82
1990 Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia on this day in history.
1990 On December - 23 frank King, cricketer (WI fast bowler played 14 Tests 1953-56), dies
1991 On December - 23 new York Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns
1991 On this day in history byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73
1992 On December - 23 cyril Walters, cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies
1993 Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92 on December - 23.
1994 Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74 on December - 23.
1995 On this day in history david Land, impressario, dies at 77
1996 On December - 23 rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85
1997 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90 on December - 23.
2005 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashed shortly after takeoff killing 23 people on this day in history.
2005 Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18th attack on Adre, which left about 10 people dead on this day in history.
2005 On December - 23 lech Kaczynski is sworn in as the President of Poland in Warsaw, Poland.
2005 Trial of Tali Fahima ends in a plea bargain on December - 23.
2005 U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announces the first in an expected series of troop drawdowns following Iraqi elections on December - 23.
2007 A general election is held in Thailand. The People's Power Party, which is associated with former Prime Minster Thaksin Shinawatra, wins a majority of seats in the parliament on this day in history.
2007 A grand conjunction in which the solar system will align with the galactic center on this day in history.
2007 Presidential election in Uzbekistan on this day in history.
2012 On this day in history 200 civilians are killed by the Syrian government’s warplanes in Helfaya, Syria
2019 On December - 23 28 people are killed and 13 others injured after a bus plunges into a ravine on a winding road in South Sumatra.December 24 - Thousands of Muslims protest the December 20 burning of four mosques in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.