The October 23rd is the 296e Jour of the Année (297e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier. There remain 69 days before the end of the year.
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Events
Before JC
1 to 1900
XXe century
XXIe century
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2001 : Whereas letters containing of the traces of bacillus of coal already made three victims, including two employees working in a postal sorting office for the White House, the president George W. Bush intervenes publicly to ensure that it is unscathed.
- 2002 :
- a commando of forty Tchétchènes takes as hostages, during 58 hours, more than 800 people in a Muscovite theater while threatening to make jump the building if Russia does not put a term at the war in Chetchnia. The 26 at dawn the special forces of safety give the attack and release the hostages; 129 people will succumb to the effects of gas used to neutralize the commando and the takers of hostages -22 men and 19 women are killed.
- the organization Islam ist Jemaah Islamiyah, is classified by the American State Department in its list of terrorist organizations .
- 2004 :
- Jean-Pierre Raffarin sign the relative order with the extradition of the former activist of extreme left Cesare Battisti, taken refuge in France since 1991 but in escape since the August 21st, and condemned by Contumacious in Italy to the life imprisonment for the murder of four people between 1978 and 1979.
- Some 260 elected officials of the Creuse, including 28 mayors, collectively present their resignation to protest against programmed closing several perceptions in the department.
- the Brazil lance successfully its first rocket in space.
- Earthquake of Chuetsu (Niigata) of force 6.8.
Births
- 1596 : Daniel Hay of Chastelet, French writer, French academician (armchair 37) († 1671)
- 1734: Nicolas Edme Restif of Breton the with Sacy (close to Auxerre), French writer. (° February 3rd 1806)
- 1749: Nicolas Appert, inventor of the Canning († 1841)
- 1796: Stefano Franscini, Swiss politician († 1857)
- 1800: Henri Milne Edwards, zoologist French († 1885)
- 1817: Pierre Larousse, lexicographer, encyclopedist and editor († 1875)
- 1844: Edouard Branly, engineer French († 1940)
- 1851: Andre Chantemesse, Doctor and Biologist French. († February 25th 1919).
- 1852 : Open Louis, caricaturist
- 1875: Gilbert Newton Lewis, physicist and American chemist († March 23rd 1946)
- 1897: Robert Rumilly, Québécois historian
- 1899: Arthur Lehning, anarchistic German († January 1st 2000)
- 1909: Zellig Harris, American linguist († 1992)
- 1920: Gianni Rodari, Italian poet
- 1927: Leszek Kolakowski, philosopher Polish
- 1928: Marthe Mercadier, French actress
- 1930: Boozoo Chavis, musician American Zydeco († 2001)
- 1937: Pierre Vassiliu, singer and actor French
- 1940: Peeled, player of Football of the national team Brazil ienne
- 1941: Igor Smirnov, president of the Moldavian Republic of Transnistrie.
- 1942 : Michael Crichton, writer, scenario writer and producing
- 1954: Ang Lee, realizer, producer and scenario writer Taiwanese
- 1958: Abdel Rahman El Bacha, French pianist of Lebanese origin
- 1959:
- 1970: Jasmine St Claire, American actress
- 1974: Gabriel Pareyon, Mexican type-setter
- 1976: Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor
Death
Celebrations
Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day
- Jean de Capistran
- Jacques the Juste, brother of the Lord (Eastern date).
- Benoit of Poitiers (7th century), monk.
- Gratien of Amiens (4th century), martyr.
- Gratien of Toulon (+ towards 473), bishop martyr.
See too
Beats-smg: Spalė 23
Be-X-old: 23 кастрычніка
Fiu-vro: 23. rehekuu päiv
Nds-nl: 23 oktober
Simple: October 23
Zh-yue: 10 月 23 號