Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 23
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
2007 On October - 23 the Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launched on mission STS-120. 
2010 In preparation for the Seoul summit, finance ministers of the G-20 agree to reform the International Monetary Fund and shift 6% of the voting shares to developing nations and countries with emerging markets on this day in history.
2011 On October - 23 a magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolted eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing 604 people, and damaging about 2,200 buildings.
2011 On this day in history a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
2012 12 people are killed and 40 are injured in a hospital fire in Tainan, Taiwan on October - 23.
2013 Boston Red Sox defeat St Louis Cardinals in game 1 of the MLB 2013 World Series on this day in history.
2018 Microplastics found in human stools for the first time by Austrian scientists on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history world's longest sea-crossing bridge, the Hong Kong Macau Zhuhai bridge at 55km, opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping
2018 On this day in history turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejects Saudi claim journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed accidentally, says it was premeditated murder
2018 World's oldest intact shipwreck, ancient Greek vessel 2,400 years old, found at bottom of the Black Sea by archaeologists on October - 23.
2018 European Commission rejects Italy's budget, first country to be rejected on October - 23.
2018 Megyn Kelly is criticized after making comments supporting blackface on her NBC show on this day in history.
2018 The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the world's longest sea crossing bridge, is opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping on October - 23.
2019 All Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets go down 127-126 at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves on October - 23.
2019 The bodies of 39 people are found in a truck container in Essex, England. A 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland is arrested on suspicion of murder on October - 23.
2019 On this day in history google announces that its 53-qubit "Sycamore" processor has achieved quantum supremacy. IBM disputes the claim.
2020 On this day in history at the end of an 11-year demining process, the Falkland Islands are declared free of land mines, 38 years after the end of the 1982 war.
2020 Israel and Sudan agree to normalise relations, marking the fifth Israel–Arab peace deal on October - 23.
2021 Colombia's most wanted drug lord, Dario Antonio Úsuga, whose Gulf Clan controls many smuggling routes into the US and other countries, is captured by Colombia's armed forces on this day in history.