October 23 in history
Events on October 23
Notable events that happened on October 23 in past years.
- 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.
Wikipedia article: Xi Jinping - 2011
A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
Wikipedia article: 2011 Van earthquakes - 2007
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.
Wikipedia article: Space Shuttle Discovery - 1995
Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena.
Wikipedia article: Yolanda Saldívar - 1989
Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine, the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then.
Wikipedia article: Wärtsilä Marine - 1972
Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
Wikipedia article: Operation Linebacker - 1958
Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued.
Wikipedia article: Springhill mining disasters - 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.
Wikipedia article: Jackie Robinson - 1941
The Holocaust: Nazi Germany prohibits Jews from emigrating, including in its occupied territories.
Wikipedia article: The Holocaust - 1923
German October: Due to a miscommunication with the party leadership, a militant section of the Communist Party of Germany launches an insurrection in Hamburg.
Wikipedia article: German October - 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.
Wikipedia article: Meiji Restoration - 1812
General Claude François de Malet begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in the Russian campaign.
Wikipedia article: Claude François de Malet - 1642
The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Edgehill - 1157
The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the Danish Civil War.
- 4004 BC
James Ussher's purported creation date of the world according to the Bible.
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