September 23 in history
Events on September 23
Notable events that happened on September 23 in past years.
- 2024
Israel launches airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killing more than 490 people.
Wikipedia article: Israel - 2019
Twenty people die on the first of two days of rioting in Papua and West Papua over an alleged racist incident.
Wikipedia article: 2019 Papua protests - 2008
Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.
Wikipedia article: Kauhajoki school shooting - 1983
Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 112 people on board.
Wikipedia article: Gulf Air Flight 771 - 1962
Flying Tiger Line Flight 923, a Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation registered as N6923C, ditches into the Atlantic Ocean killing 28 out the 76 occupants onboard. The remaining 48 were rescued six hours later.
Wikipedia article: Flying Tiger Line Flight 923 - 1956
A tropical storm originating in the eastern Pacific Ocean passes into the Gulf of Mexico and is upgraded and named Hurricane Flossy just hours before striking the Gulf Coast and causing 15 deaths and an estimated US$24.8 million in damages.
Wikipedia article: Tropical cyclone - 1951
George VI, king of the United Kingdom, has his left lung removed in an operation after a malignant tumour was found.
Wikipedia article: George VI - 1942
World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1918
World War I: British forces capture Haifa, Acre, and Es Salt from the Ottoman Empire.
Wikipedia article: World War I - 1899
Philippine-American War: the American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
Wikipedia article: Philippine–American War - 1879
The Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society is founded.
Wikipedia article: Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society - 1803
Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
Wikipedia article: Second Anglo-Maratha War - 1642
First English Civil War: The Battle of Powick Bridge, the first engagement between the primary field armies of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, ends in a Royalist victory.
Wikipedia article: First English Civil War - 1409
The Battle of Kherlen is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.
- 38
Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.
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