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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 23 OCTOBRE

Imatra (cinema)

Année: 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.

Adolf Hitler

Année: 1940

Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meet at Hendaye to discuss the possibility of Spain entering the Second World War.

First Balkan War

Année: 1912

First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.

Italo-Turkish War

Année: 1911

The Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.

Meiji Restoration

Année: 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.

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Année: 1906

Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.

The Holocaust

Année: 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi Germany prohibits Jews from emigrating, including in its occupied territories.

Battle for Henderson Field

Année: 1942

World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal.

Jackie Robinson

Année: 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.

Xi Jinping

Année: 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.

NAISSANCES DU 23 OCTOBRE

Alan Gilzean

Année de naissance: 1938

Alan G'ilzean, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018)

C. V. Vigneswaran

Année de naissance: 1939

C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province

Johnny Carroll

Année de naissance: 1937

Johnny Carroll, American rockabilly musician (died 1995)

Carlos Lamarca

Année de naissance: 1937

Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (died 1971)

Charles Goodhart

Année de naissance: 1936

Charles Goodhart, English economist and academic

Deven Verma

Année de naissance: 1937

Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2014)

Pelé

Année de naissance: 1940

Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor (died 2022)

Ellie Greenwich

Année de naissance: 1940

Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)

Anita Roddick

Année de naissance: 1942

Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop (died 2007)

Douglas Dunn

Année de naissance: 1942

Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet, critic, and academic

DéCèS DU 23 OCTOBRE

Maybelle Carter

Année de décès: 1978

Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (born 1909)

Jessica Savitch

Année de décès: 1983

Jessica Savitch, American journalist (born 1947)

Oskar Werner

Année de décès: 1984

Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (born 1922)

Edward Adelbert Doisy

Année de décès: 1986

Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)

Tommy Edwards

Année de décès: 1969

Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (born 1922)

George Bouzianis

Année de décès: 1959

George Bouzianis, Greek painter (born 1885)

Hana Brady

Année de décès: 1944

Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (born 1931)

Charles Barkla

Année de décès: 1944

Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877)

Al Jolson

Année de décès: 1950

Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (born 1886)

Gerda Lundequist

Année de décès: 1959

Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (born 1871)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 23 OCTOBRE

Christ Child

Christian feast day: Christmas or the Feast of Señor Noemi (the Child Jesus) in the Apostolic Catholic Church

Peter Pascual

Christian feast day: Peter Pascual

Romanus of Rouen

Christian feast day: Romain (Romanus) of Rouen

October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

John of Capistrano

Christian feast day: John of Capistrano

Ignatios of Constantinople

Christian feast day: Ignatios of Constantinople

James, brother of Jesus

Christian feast day: James the Just (i.e. James, brother of Jesus) (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA), Eastern Orthodox)

Severin of Cologne

Christian feast day: Severin of Cologne

Amon of Toul

Christian feast day: Amon of Toul (Diocese of Toul)

Boethius

Christian feast day: Boethius

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