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
- 425 –Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6.
- 1295 –The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.
- 1642 –Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War.
- 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.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Westport – Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City.
- 1912 –First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
- 1929 –The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California.
- 1941 –Walt Disney’s animated film Dumbo is released.
- 1941 –World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.
- 1942 –World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf – The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines.
- 1944 –World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
- 1956 –Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
- 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).
- 1970 –Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
- 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.
- 1992 –Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.
- 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.
- 2011 –A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
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