About October 23
October 23, 2024 is the 297th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 98 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 23
- 42 BC –Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus’s army. Brutus commits suicide.
- 502 –The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
- 1086 –At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI.
- 1295 –The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.
- 1641 –Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
- 1707 –The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.
- 1812 –Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he is now the commandant of Paris.
- 1850 –The first National Women’s Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
- 1867 –72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
- 1870 –Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.
- 1906 –Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
- 1911 –First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War.
- 1915 –Woman’s suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote.
- 1929 –The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California.
- 1942 –World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26.
- 1983 –Lebanon Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
- 1998 –Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a “land for peace” agreement.
- 2004 –A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
- 2007 –A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche causes the Usumacinta Jackup rig to collide with Kab 101, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig.
- 2011 –A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
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