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 this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history 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  Kip Keino (Kenya) wins gold medal for 1,500m (3 min 34.9 sec) on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47   

1970  On October - 23 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  Leonard Lee, US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

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

1978  On this day in history maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69   

1980  On October - 23 soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns, due to illness   

1981  US national debt hits $1 trillion on this day in history.   

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

1983  Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut on this day in history.   

1983  Truck bomb in Beirut kills 241 US soldiers on October - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history nBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine   

1984  David Gorcey, actor (Angel's Alley), dies at 63 in a diabetic coma on October - 23.   

1986  Edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92 on October - 23.   

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

1990  On this day in history louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1994  Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66 on October - 23.   

1996  Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

2005  On October - 23 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  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  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  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  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1260  On October - 23 death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

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

1456  On October - 23 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  On this day in history death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on October - 23.   

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