What Happened on Oct 23

Pequots Send Messenger Promising Tribute to Massachusetts Bay Colony Deputy Governor, Roger Ludlow

In 1634 the the Pequots initiated peace negotiations with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They wanted the English to re-establish trade and arbitrate... Read more

Second Battle of Breitenfeld

The Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig (October 23, 1642), took place at Breitenfeld (4 miles north-east of... Read more

Battle of Westport

Description: Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s Missouri Expedition had changed course from St. Louis and Jefferson City to Kansas City and Fort... Read more

Battle of Sharqat Begins

The Battle of Sharqat (October 23—30, 1918) was between the British and the Ottoman Empire at the Mesopotamian Campaign in World War I, which... Read more

Johnny Carson is Born

John William “Johnny” Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show... Read more

Leszek Kołakowski Is Born

Leszek Kołakowski (October 23, 1927 – July 17, 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He was best known for his critical analyses... Read more

Kenmore (MBTA station) Opens

Kenmore (also known as Kenmore Square) is an dual-island platform rapid transit station in the Kenmore Square area of Boston, Massachusetts. The... Read more

Dutch Schultz Fatally Wounded in the Chophouse Massacre

Still suspicious of Luciano after the Weinberg betrayal, gangland legend has it that Schultz soon went before an emergency meeting of the Mafia... Read more

The Lend-Lease Bill Is Passed

The Senate passed the $5.98 billion supplemental Lend-Lease bill on October 23, 1941, bringing the United States one step closer to direct... Read more

Michael Crichton Is Born

John Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, producer, director, screenwriter, and medical school graduate,... Read more

Second Battle of El Alamein

The Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The battle lasted from 23 October to 5... Read more

U.S. Army Corps B-34 Bomber Strikes American Airlines Flight 28

American Airlines Flight 28 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight that crashed on October 23, 1942 in Chino Canyon, near Palm Springs,... Read more

Joint Chiefs of Staff Instructed Strategic Air Command to go to DEFCON 2 for the Only Confirmed Time in History

On the night of October 23, the Joint Chiefs of Staff instructed Strategic Air Command to go to DEFCON 2, for the only confirmed time in history.... Read more

President Kennedy signs the Proclamation for Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba

Only an hour [after Kennedy's address to the nation], at 11:24 a.m. a cable drafted by George Ball to the U.S. Ambassador in Turkey and the U.S.... Read more

Helen Palmer Geisel Commits Suicide

Audrey Dimond was married with two children when she fell in love with Ted Geisel. Mr. Geisel, 18 years her senior, was also married. In the wake... Read more

"Chunga's Revenge" by Frank Zappa Is Released

Chunga's Revenge is an album by Frank Zappa, released on October 23, 1970. Zappa's first effort of the 1970s marks the first appearance of former... Read more

Genesis Releases "Trespass"

Trespass is the second studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1970. The only album with drummer John Mayhew and the last with... Read more

"Shoah" Is Released

Shoah is a nine-hour film completed by Claude Lanzmann in 1985 about the Holocaust (or Shoah). Though Shoah is conventionally classified as a... Read more

Phillips Disaster

After an explosion and fire on October 23, 1989, OSHA initiated an investigation to determine the cause of the accident that killed 23 workers and... Read more

Deep Purple release Slaves and Masters

Slaves and Masters is the thirteenth studio album by Deep Purple, and was released in 1990. This is the band's only album to feature singer Joe... Read more

"Reservoir Dogs" Is Released

Reservoir Dogs is the 1992 debut film of director and writer Quentin Tarantino. It portrays what happens before and after a botched jewel heist,... Read more

MST3K Ep. 512 - "Mitchell"

A slovenly cop (Joe Don Baker) pursues drug traffickers. Joel Hodgson's last episode. Read more

American History X released

American History X is a 1998 American film directed by Tony Kaye. The film tells the story of two brothers, Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and... Read more

Wye River Memorandum signed

The Wye River Memorandum was an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestine Authority to implement the earlier Interim Agreement of 28... Read more

1999 World Series

1999 World Series As baseball prepared to close its books on the twentieth century, it seemed fitting that the team who had dominated most of it... Read more