October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 69 days remain until the end of the year. 4004 BC – James Ussher's purported creation date of the world according to the Bible.

Oct 24, 2011 · Historical events for the 23rd of October. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on October 23.

Discover what happened on October 23 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths. This Day in History: 10/23/2002 - Moscow Hostage Crisis 1850

Oct 23, 2011 · What happened on this day in history, October 23. See what historical events occurred, which famous people were born and who died on October 23.

Did you know that October 23 is known as Snow Leopard Day? Here you'll learn some interesting facts & events that happened on this day throughout history.

On this day in 1983, suicide bombers drove truckloads of high explosives into the barracks of U.S. Marines and French paratroopers in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 French troops. Soong Mei-ling, the second wife of the Nationalist Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek and a powerful political figure in her own right, died at age 106.

October 23, 1875 - March 23, 1946 Gilbert N. Lewis was an American physical chemist best known for his contributions to chemical thermodynamics, the electron-pair model of the covalent bond, the electronic theory of acids and bases, the...

Today in history – which major historical events happened on October 23? Who was born on this date, who died? In which year did the birth or death occur?

See what famous, interesting and special events & facts happened throughout history on October 23 related to Vietnam War, World War II, American Civil War, Libyan Civil War (2011), Hungary, and many more.

October 23rd is the 296th day in the Gregorian calendar. On this day Chechen terrorists stormed the House of Culture Theatre in Moscow and took more than 700 hostages; responding to a subpoena, then President Nixon agreed to turn over tapes of his White House conversations, and the Battle of Edgehill started, which was the first battle in the ...