Page 6: Historical Events In October - 23

1958  On this day in history 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  Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1966  On October - 23 claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88   

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

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  Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica on this day in history.   

1975  Barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43 on October - 23.   

1976  On October - 23 leonard Lee, US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40   

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  Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69 on October - 23.   

1980  On this day in history soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns, due to illness   

1981  US national debt hits $1 trillion on October - 23.   

1982  On October - 23 jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52   

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

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

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  NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine on October - 23.   

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

1986  On this day in history 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  On this day in history louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies   

1991  Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women on October - 23.   

1991  Lance Baker, dies at 31 on October - 23.   

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

2005  On this day in history polish presidential election, 2nd round.   

2005  Referendo Sobre a Proibição do Comércio de Armas e Munição no Brasil Guns and Ammo Ban Referendum in Brazil on this day in history.   

2005  Referendum on the merger of the Kamchatka Oblast and the Autonomous District of Koryakia on October - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist was born on October - 23.   

1634  On October - 23 birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)   

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  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1713  On October - 23 birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

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

1260  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on October - 23.   

1450  On October - 23 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  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 this day in history.   

1616  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on this day in history.