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
- 1641 –Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
- 1707 –The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.
- 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.
- 1911 –First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War.
- 1929 –The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California.
- 1942 –All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger (“Thanks for the Memory”, “Love in Bloom”, “Blue Hawaii”).
- 1946 –The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
- 1958 –The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo which is serialized in the weekly comics magazine Spirou.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches a new operation seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands).
- 1972 –Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
- 1973 –A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.
- 1973 –The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
- 1989 –The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People’s Republic.
- 1992 –Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.
- 1993 –Shankill Road bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
- 1998 –Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a “land for peace” agreement.
- 2001 –Apple announces the iPod.
- 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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