23 October - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on October 23, the day number in a year is 296 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 297. October 23 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
October 23 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 425 | Valentinian III became emperor of the Western Roman Empire atthe age of six. |
| 502 | Pope Symmachus, who had been accused of variouscrimes, had all charges dropped by a synod, ending the schism ofAntipope Laurentius. |
| 1623 | The famous poet Tulsidas died. |
| 1641 | Irish Catholic gentry in Ulster tried to seize control ofDublin Castle, the seat of English rule in Ireland, to force concessionsto Catholics. |
| 1707 | The Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain was annexed for the first time in London. |
| 1760 | The first book of Jewish prayer printed in North America. |
| 1764 | Mir Qasim was defeated in the battle of Buxar. |
| 1812 | General Claude François de Malet began a conspiracy tooverthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that hewas now the commandant of Paris. |
| 1814 | The world's first plastic surgery was performed in England. |
| 1850 | The first National Women's Rights Convention, presided over byPaulina Kellogg Wright Davis, was held in Worcester,Massachusetts, US. |
| 1910 | B. s. Scott became the first woman in the US to make solo airplanes. |
| 1915 | 25,000 women, as part of the women’s suffrage movement, tread down Fifth Avenue in New York City defending their right to vote. |
| 1934 | Mahatma Gandhi resigned as the leader of the Indian National Congress. |
| 1941 | The German government banned the emigration of Jews. |
| 1942 | French Skilled workers are being threatened by the Nazis with violence against their families if they do not come ahead to work for Germany’s then-large War Industry. |
| 1943 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose founded the 'Rani Brigade of Jhansi' of Azad Hind Fauj in Singapore. |
| 1946 | The United Nations General Assembly met for the first time in New York. |
| 1947 | Gertie Corey and her husband Carl Corey were the first couple to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. He was given this award for his theory of carbohydrate cycle. |
| 1953 | Alto Broadcasting System in the Philippines made the firsttelevision broadcast in Southeast Asia on DZAQ-TV. |
| 1954 | West Germany attends NATO conference. |
| 1956 | The Hungarian Revolution began as a peaceful student demonstration which attracted thousands as it marched through central Budapest to the Parliament building. |
| 1972 | Vietnam War-Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaignagainst North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ended afterfive months. |
| 1983 | A suicide bomber drives a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, leading to the death of 241 military personnel. |
| 1983 | Lebanese Civil War-Suicide bombers destroyed two barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 French paratroopers of the international peace keeping force. |
| 1983 | In Lebanon, 241 American and 58 French soldiers were killed in martyrdom attacks on US and French occupiers of bases by Muslim conflicts. |
| 1989 | A massive explosion and fire ripped through the Phillips 66Houston Chemical Complex, killing 23 employees and injuring 314 others. |
| 1989 | Hungary became an independent republic after 33 years of independence from the Soviet Union. |
| 1993 | The Troubles-A Provisional Irish Republican Army's attemptedbombing of a meeting of loyalist paramilitary leaders failed, killingone of the perpetrators, one UDA member and eight civilians. |
| 1998 | Japan nationalized its first bank after World War II. |
| 2001 | The first iPod by Apple is released with the capability of storing a thousand songs. It came with a 5GB hard drive was completely compatible with Mac. |
| 2001 | The iPod, the line of portable media players designed andmarketed by Apple, was launched. |
| 2001 | NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft began orbiting Mars. |
| 2002 | Chechen separatists seized a crowded theater in Moscow, takingapproximately 700 patrons and performers hostage. |
| 2004 | The earthquake in Japan left 85 thousand people homeless. |
| 2007 | The space shuttle Discovery was successful in lifting off. It was carrying The STS-120 crew who was on an assembly mission and was sent to the International Space Station along with the Harmony Module. |
| 2009 | The International Telecommunication Union approves a universal mobile phone charger. It can function with any mobile handset. |
| 2010 | The US’ monetary easing is accused as manipulating the USD exchange rate by the German economy minister, Rainer Bruederle. |
| 2011 | As per autopsy reports, the former Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi was killed by a gunshot wound to the head. |
| 2011 | A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck in Turkey's Wan province. In which 582 people died and thousands were injured. |
| 2013 | China and India have decided to come together to sign a border defense agreement in order to promote bilateral relations. |
Famous Birthdays of October 23:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1981 | Huo Siyan / Actress / China |
| 1978 | Archie Thompson / Footballer / Australia |
| 1888 | Onésime Gagnon / Politician / Canada |
| 1949 | Krešimir Ćosić / Politician / Croatia |
| 1970 | Steve Wilder / Actor / United States of America |
| 1979 | Bud Smith / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1990 | Paradise Oskar / Writer / Finland |
| 1954 | Ang Lee / Producer / United States of America |
| 1923 | Ned Rorem / Author / United States of America |
| 1966 | Alex Zanardi / Racing Car Driver / Italy |
| 1918 | James Daly / Actor / United States of America |
| 1940 | Ellie Greenwich / Writer / United States of America |
| 1944 | Mike Harding / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1987 | Naomi Watanabe / Actress / Japan |
| 1974 | Sander Westerveld / Footballer / Netherlands |
| 1863 | Mirko Breyer / Writer / Croatia |
| 1973 | Christian Dailly / Footballer / Scotland |
| 1960 | Mirwais Ahmadzaï / Writer / France |
| 2000 | Zayrah Wasim / Actress / India |
| 1815 | João Maurício Vanderlei / Politician / Brazil |
| 1980 | Mate Bilić / Footballer / Croatia |
| 1961 | Laurie Halse Anderson / Author / United States of America |
| 1993 | Josh Ruffels / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1986 | Briana Evigan / Actress / United States of America |
| 1935 | JacSue Kehoe / Scientist / United States of America |
| 1963 | Gordon Korman / Author / United States of America |
| 1902 | Robert Eberan von Eberhorst / Engineer / Austria |
| 1910 | Richard Mortensen / Painter / Denmark |
| 1987 | Kyle Gibson / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1987 | Miyuu Sawai / Actress / Japan |
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