Page 6: Historical Events In October - 23

1958  On October - 23 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  Claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88 on October - 23.   

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

1969  Tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47 on October - 23.   

1970  On October - 23 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  Barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1976  Leonard Lee, US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1977  Panamanians vote 2 1 to approve the new Canal treaties on October - 23.   

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

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

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

1981  On October - 23 uS national debt hits $1 trillion   

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

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

1983  Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1984  NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine on this day in history.   

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

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

1991  On this day in history dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women   

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

1992  On this day in history kees Spermon, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies   

1994  On October - 23 robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66   

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

2005  On October - 23 polish presidential election, 2nd round.   

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 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  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on October - 23.   

1516  On this day in history birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

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

1634  On this day in history birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)   

1654  On October - 23 birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  On October - 23 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 October - 23.   

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

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1456  Death of Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) on this day in history.   

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

1581  Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on October - 23.   

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)