Famous Birthdays
Reference

Find out which famous people share the same birthday as you
      Fun for Birthdays, cards, greetings, horoscope, astrology, happy birthday to you, ecards
Home

Famous Birthdays
Fun Facts
Greetings
Horoscopes
Jokes
Year of Birth
 

 
   
Fun Links
 Brain Games
 Dinosaurs
 Hangman
 Jokes
 Sudoku



Education Downloads
 Math
 Reading
 Science
 Teaching

More Downloads
 Fashion
 Gardening
 Genealogy
 Puzzles
 Pets
 Recipes
 Scrapbooking
 Sports



Other Links
 Automobiles Auctions
 Cycling
 Genealogy
 Golf
 Jobs
 Magazines
 Magic Tricks
 Muscle Gain
 Pets
 Recipes
 Software
 Travel
 Weight Loss




 
   
October 23rd

October 23rd is the 296th day of the year (297th day in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining until the end of the year.

On this page, we have placed information about October 23rd, including famous people born on, historical events that occurred on, holidays and observances that fall on, and astrological connections of, this day.
Famous People born on October 23rd

1762 Samuel Morey (inventor - pioneered the internal combustion engine)

1835 Adlai Stevenson I (US politician, Vice President 1885-1889)

1905 Felix Bloch (physicist)

1925 Johnny Carson (TV presenter)

Johnny Carson


1931 Diana Dors (actress)

1940 Pelé (soccer player)

Pelé


1942 Michael Crichton (author)

1954 Ang Lee (film director)

1959 "Weird" Al Yankovic (comedian, actor, singer)

Weird Al Yankovic


1959 Sam Raimi (film director, film producer, actor, writer)

1976 Ryan Reynolds (actor)

1986 Jessica Stroup (actress)

1986 Emily Clarke (actress)



October 23rd in History

4004 BC Creation of the Universe (according to Archbishop James Ussher and many young Earth creationists).

1642 Roundheads and Cavaliers fight inconclusively at the Battle of Edgehill, the first significant battle of the English Civil War.

1707 First Parliament of Great Britain (created by the Union of the Parliaments of England and Scotland) meets.

1946 United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York for the first time.

1973 A U.N. backed ceasefire ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.

1989 Hungary becomes the Hungarian Republic, instead of the Communist Hungarian People's Republic.

2001 Apple announces the iPod.

Apple iPod


2002 Moscow Theater seige begins when Chechen terrorists take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage in the House of Culture.

2012 BBC terminates the world's old teletext service (Ceefax) when its final broadcast ends in Northern Ireland.


October 23rd is also

National Day (Hungary)


Astrology

People born on October 23rd are Scorpio

Scorpio

Scorpio Information: Scorpio Links:







Back To Date Index


Disclaimer: Birth dates and other information are thought to be correct, but there is a possibility that some entries may contain inadvert errors. If you spot such an error, please contact us. Sorry, we can not accept suggestions for additional entries at this time, due to the huge backlog of suggestions we have already received.

 

 

 
 

   
Contact Us   About/Terms of Use   Privacy   Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures

Disclosure: Advertising Link(s): Our company may receive a payment if you purchase a product/service after following this link.

Disclosure: Our company's websites' content (including this website's content) includes advertisements for our own company's websites, products, and services, and for other organization's websites, products, and services. In the case of links to other organization's websites, our company may receive a payment, (1) if you purchase products or services, or (2) if you sign-up for third party offers, after following links from this website. Unless specifically otherwise stated, information about other organization's products and services, is based on information provided by that organization, the product/service vendor, and/or publicly available information - and should not be taken to mean that we have used the product/service in question. Additionally, our company's websites contain some adverts which we are paid to display, but whose content is not selected by us, such as Google AdSense ads. For more detailed information, please see Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures

Our sites use cookies, some of which may already be set on your computer. Use of our site constitutes consent for this. For details, please see Privacy.

Click privacy for information about our company's privacy, data collection and data retention policies, and your rights.


Copyright © 2000-2023, Answers 2000 Limited

CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME.

In Association With Amazon.com
Answers 2000 Limited is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
In Association With Amazon.co.uk
Answers 2000 Limited is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk.

As an Amazon Associate, our company earns from qualifying purchases. Amazon, the Amazon logo, Endless, and the Endless logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.