Page 6: Historical Events In September - 23

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

1952  On this day in history richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech   

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 this day in history.   

1953  KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting on September - 23.   

1955  Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad on September - 23.   

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

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

1958  Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on September - 23.   

1959  1959 The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia’s first passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes maiden voyage across Bass Strait on this day in history.   

1960  Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72 on September - 23.   

1961  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history aBC's first color TV series-The Jetsons   

1962  On September - 23 aBC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons   

1967  Radio Malta stops testing on September - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1973  On September - 23 former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power   

1973  On this day in history 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  3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise on September - 23.   

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 September - 23.   

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  On September - 23 catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75   

1980  On this day in history big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens   

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  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on this day in history.   

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on September - 23.   

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history birth of michael Lohr, composer   

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

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

0079  Death of Pope Linus on September - 23.   

0775  On September - 23 constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies   

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on September - 23.   

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