Page 6: Historical Events In September - 23

1952  First closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event on September - 23.   

1952  Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech on this day in history.   

1952  Rocky Marciano KOs heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title on September - 23.   

1952  1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event on this day in history.   

1953  KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting on September - 23.   

1955  Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad on September - 23.   

1956  Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75 on September - 23.   

1957  "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly & Crickets reaches #1 on September - 23.   

1958  Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on September - 23.   

1959  1959 The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia’s first passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes maiden voyage across Bass Strait on this day in history.   

1960  On September - 23 kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72   

1961  First movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire on this day in history.   

1961  1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire on September - 23.   

1961  Billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I), dies at 71 on September - 23.   

1962  ABC's first color TV series-The Jetsons on September - 23.   

1962  On September - 23 aBC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons   

1967  Radio Malta stops testing on September - 23.   

1969  On September - 23 northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead   

1971  Billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77 on September - 23.   

1972  Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power   

1973  A S Neill, British headmaster, dies at at 89 on this day in history.   

1974  Cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68 on September - 23.   

1975  On this day in history ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75   

1976  On September - 23 ford-Carter TV debate   

1976  Soyuz 22 returns to Earth on September - 23.   

1977  On September - 23 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise   

1977  On this day in history cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels   

1978  On September - 23 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit   

1978  On this day in history jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79   

1979  On this day in history jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC   

1979  On September - 23 catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75   

1980  Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens on September - 23.   

1981  Chief Dan George, actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82 on September - 23.   

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1158  On September - 23 birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)   

1161  On this day in history birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on this day in history.   

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on this day in history.   

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history birth of michael Lohr, composer   

1596  On this day in history birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher   

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on September - 23.   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on September - 23.   

0775  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on September - 23.   

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on September - 23.   

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on this day in history.   

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on this day in history.   

1390  On September - 23 death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  On September - 23 death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)   

1541  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on September - 23.