Page 6: Historical Events In October - 23

1958  On this day in history de Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave"   

1962  USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m on October - 23.   

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

1966  On October - 23 claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88   

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

1969  On October - 23 tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47   

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

1973  On this day in history 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  Leonard Lee, US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1977  On October - 23 panamanians vote 2 1 to approve the new Canal treaties   

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  US national debt hits $1 trillion on this day in history.   

1982  Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1983  Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut on October - 23.   

1983  On this day in history truck bomb in Beirut kills 241 US soldiers   

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

1983  Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36 on October - 23.   

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

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

1986  On October - 23 edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92   

1990  Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages on October - 23.   

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

1991  Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women on this day in history.   

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

1992  Kees Spermon, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies on this day in history.   

1994  Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66 on this day in history.   

1996  Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67 on October - 23.   

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

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

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

2006  Jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison on charges relating to the financial collapse of Enron on this day in history.   

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1503  On this day in history birth of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)   

1516  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1634  On October - 23 birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)   

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history birth of ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1705  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1713  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist was born on October - 23.   

0930  On this day in history death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)   

1260  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

1450  On this day in history johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

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

1550  On this day in history death of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)   

1581  On October - 23 death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  On October - 23 franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57   

1616  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on this day in history.