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On this day in history - Today, October, 23

Today in History

  • 2002 Dubrovka Theater Hostage Crisis

    About 50 Chechen rebels led by Movsar Barayev took over the Dubrovka Theater in Moscow during the p

  • 2001 Apple announces the first iPod Player

    The iPod is the world's best-selling portable media player. Already 6 years after its initial launch

  • 1998 Swatch Announces Internet Time

    The Swiss watch company invented a new unit of time called the .beat, which corresponds to 1 minute

  • 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing

    Two bombs exploded in front of American and French barracks during the Lebanese Civil War, killing a

  • 1964 Jean-Paul Sartre Turns Down Nobel Prize

    The French existentialist philosopher and writer published a letter in the newspaper Le Figaro to ex

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Births On This Day,
October, 23

  • 1959 "Weird Al" Yankovic

    American singer-songwriter, comedian, actor

  • 1957 Paul Kagame

    Rwandan politician, 6th President of Rwanda

  • 1942 Michael Crichton

    American author, screenwriter, director, producer

  • 1940 Pelé

    Brazilian footballer

  • 1925 Johnny Carson

    American television host

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Deaths On This Day,
October, 23

  • 2000 Yokozuna

    American wrestler

  • 1957 Christian Dior

    French fashion designer, founded S.A.

  • 1950 Al Jolson

    Lithuanian/American singer, actor

  • 1921 John Boyd Dunlop

    Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber

  • 1915 W. G. Grace

    English cricketer