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October 23
October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1762 - Samuel Morey, inventor (+ 1843)
- 1835 - Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States
- 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, actress (+ 1923)
- 1875 - Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist
- 1905 - Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist
- 1906 - Gertrude Ederle[?], first woman to swim the English Channel
- 1925 - Johnny Carson, American television host[?]
- 1931 - Jim Bunning, American baseball pitcher and senator
- 1935 - Chi Chi Rodriguez[?], golf champion
- 1940 - Pele, Brazilian football player
- 1942 - Michael Crichton, writer
- 1954 - Ang Lee, director, producer
- 1956 - Dwight Yoakam, country music performer
- 1959 - Weird Al Yankovic, American musical parodist
- 1959 - Sam Raimi, director, producer
- 1962 - Doug Flutie, Canadian football and American football quarterback.
Deaths:
- 42 BC - Marcus Junius Brutus, suicide
- 1910 - Chulalongkorn (Rama V), king of Thailand
- 1939 - Zane Grey, author
- 1950 - Al Jolson, singer, actor
- 1975 - Charles Brokaw[?], journalist
- 1983 - Jessica Savitch[?], journalist
- 1990 - Louis Althusser, French Marxist philosopher
- 1998 - Dr. Barnett Slepian[?], physician
- 2001 - Ronald William Kirby, British commercial artist
Holidays:
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
October 22 - October 24 - November 23 - September 23 - more historical anniversaries
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