What Happened on October 23?
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EVENTS ON OCTOBER 23
Imatra (cinema)
Year:
1927
The Imatra Cinema is destroyed in a fire in Tampere, Finland, during showing the 1924 film Wages of Virtue; 21 people die in the fire and almost 30 are injured.
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Adolf Hitler
Year:
1940
Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meet at Hendaye to discuss the possibility of Spain entering the Second World War.
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First Balkan War
Year:
1912
First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
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Italo-Turkish War
Year:
1911
The Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.
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Meiji Restoration
Year:
1868
Meiji Restoration: Having taken the shogunate's seat of power at Edo and declared it his new capital as Tokyo, Mutsuhito proclaims the start of the new Meiji era.
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Alberto Santos-Dumont
Year:
1906
Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.
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The Holocaust
Year:
1941
The Holocaust: Nazi Germany prohibits Jews from emigrating, including in its occupied territories.
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Battle for Henderson Field
Year:
1942
World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal.
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Jackie Robinson
Year:
1945
Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract with the Brooklyn Dodger's minor league team, the Montreal Royals, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier.
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Xi Jinping
Year:
2022
Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third term of the paramount leader of China.
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BIRTHS ON OCTOBER 23
Alan Gilzean
Year of birth:
1938
Alan G'ilzean, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018)
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C. V. Vigneswaran
Year of birth:
1939
C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
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Johnny Carroll
Year of birth:
1937
Johnny Carroll, American rockabilly musician (died 1995)
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Carlos Lamarca
Year of birth:
1937
Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (died 1971)
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Charles Goodhart
Year of birth:
1936
Charles Goodhart, English economist and academic
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Deven Verma
Year of birth:
1937
Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
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Pelé
Year of birth:
1940
Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor (died 2022)
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Ellie Greenwich
Year of birth:
1940
Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)
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Anita Roddick
Year of birth:
1942
Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop (died 2007)
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Douglas Dunn
Year of birth:
1942
Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet, critic, and academic
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DEATHS ON OCTOBER 23
Maybelle Carter
Year of death:
1978
Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (born 1909)
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Jessica Savitch
Year of death:
1983
Jessica Savitch, American journalist (born 1947)
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Oskar Werner
Year of death:
1984
Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (born 1922)
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Edward Adelbert Doisy
Year of death:
1986
Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)
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Tommy Edwards
Year of death:
1969
Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (born 1922)
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George Bouzianis
Year of death:
1959
George Bouzianis, Greek painter (born 1885)
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Hana Brady
Year of death:
1944
Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (born 1931)
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Charles Barkla
Year of death:
1944
Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877)
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Al Jolson
Year of death:
1950
Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (born 1886)
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Gerda Lundequist
Year of death:
1959
Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (born 1871)
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HOLIDAYS ON OCTOBER 23
Christ Child
Christian feast day: Christmas or the Feast of Señor Noemi (the Child Jesus) in the Apostolic Catholic Church
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Peter Pascual
Christian feast day: Peter Pascual
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Romanus of Rouen
Christian feast day: Romain (Romanus) of Rouen
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October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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John of Capistrano
Christian feast day: John of Capistrano
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Ignatios of Constantinople
Christian feast day: Ignatios of Constantinople
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James, brother of Jesus
Christian feast day: James the Just (i.e. James, brother of Jesus) (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA), Eastern Orthodox)
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Severin of Cologne
Christian feast day: Severin of Cologne
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Amon of Toul
Christian feast day: Amon of Toul (Diocese of Toul)
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Boethius
Christian feast day: Boethius
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