Page 6: Historical Events In October - 23

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

1962  On October - 23 uSAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800 m   

1963  On October - 23 raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78   

1966  Claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88 on this day in history.   

1968  On October - 23 kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec)   

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  Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica on October - 23.   

1975  On October - 23 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 October - 23.   

1977  Panamanians vote 2 1 to approve the new Canal treaties on this day in history.   

1977  Panamanians vote 2:1 to approve the new Canal treaties on this day in history.   

1978  On October - 23 maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69   

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  Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52 on October - 23.   

1983  On October - 23 suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut   

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

1983  On October - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

1984  On October - 23 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  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 this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history lance Baker, dies at 31   

1992  Kees Spermon, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies on October - 23.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history 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  On October - 23 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  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on October - 23.   

1654  On this day in history birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  On this day in history 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  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist was born on this day in history.   

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

1260  On this day in history death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

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  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  On this day in history franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57   

1616  On October - 23 death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)