Page 6: Historical Events In September - 23

1952  First closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event on this day in history.   

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

1952  On this day in history rocky Marciano KOs heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title   

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

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  Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75 on September - 23.   

1957  "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly & Crickets reaches #1 on this day in history.   

1958  On September - 23 great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

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  Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72 on this day in history.   

1961  On September - 23 first movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire   

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

1961  Billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I), dies at 71 on September - 23.   

1962  ABC's first color TV series-The Jetsons on this day in history.   

1962  ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons on this day in history.   

1967  Radio Malta stops testing on September - 23.   

1969  Northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead on this day in history.   

1971  Billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1972  Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power   

1973  On this day in history a S Neill, British headmaster, dies at at 89   

1974  On this day in history cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68   

1975  On September - 23 ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75   

1976  On this day in history ford-Carter TV debate   

1976  On this day in history soyuz 22 returns to Earth   

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

1977  On this day in history cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels   

1978  100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit on September - 23.   

1978  On September - 23 jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79   

1979  Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC on September - 23.   

1979  Catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75 on September - 23.   

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

1981  Chief Dan George, actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82 on September - 23.   

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1158  On September - 23 birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)   

1161  On this day in history birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on September - 23.   

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on this day in history.   

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

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on September - 23.   

1596  Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher was born on September - 23.   

1598  On September - 23 birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on this day in history.   

0775  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on September - 23.   

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on September - 23.   

0965  On September - 23 death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered   

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on September - 23.   

1390  Death of John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) on this day in history.   

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on this day in history.   

1541  On this day in history philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47