Page 6: Historical Events In October - 23

1958  On October - 23 de Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave"   

1962  On this day in history uSAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m   

1963  Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88   

1968  On this day in history kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec)   

1969  Tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph)   

1973  On October - 23 nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica   

1975  On this day in history barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43   

1976  On this day in history leonard Lee, US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40   

1977  Panamanians vote 2 1 to approve the new Canal treaties on October - 23.   

1977  On this day in history panamanians vote 2:1 to approve the new Canal treaties   

1978  Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns, due to illness   

1981  On this day in history uS national debt hits $1 trillion   

1982  On this day in history jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52   

1983  On this day in history suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut   

1983  On October - 23 truck bomb in Beirut kills 241 US soldiers   

1983  Two million people march in Western European capital cities demonstrating against the deployment of 'Cruise' and 'Pershing' missiles on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36   

1984  On October - 23 nBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine   

1984  David Gorcey, actor (Angel's Alley), dies at 63 in a diabetic coma on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92   

1990  On this day in history iraq announces release of 330 French hostages   

1990  Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies on October - 23.   

1991  Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women on October - 23.   

1991  Lance Baker, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1992  On October - 23 kees Spermon, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies   

1994  On October - 23 robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66   

1996  On this day in history alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67   

2005  Polish presidential election, 2nd round on October - 23.   

2005  Referendo Sobre a Proibição do Comércio de Armas e Munição no Brasil Guns and Ammo Ban Referendum in Brazil on this day in history.   

2005  Referendum on the merger of the Kamchatka Oblast and the Autonomous District of Koryakia on October - 23.   

2006  On October - 23 jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison on charges relating to the financial collapse of Enron.   

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on October - 23.   

1516  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist was born on October - 23.   

1634  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on October - 23.   

1698  On October - 23 birth of ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1705  On October - 23 birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)   

1713  On October - 23 birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on October - 23.   

1260  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on October - 23.   

1450  On October - 23 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

1456  On this day in history death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on this day in history.   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)