What Happened on Sep 23

Battle Of Flamborough Head

The Battle of Flamborough Head was a small naval battle that took place on 23 September 1779, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire between... Read more

Neptune Is Discovered

Discovered on September 23, 1846, Neptune was the first planet found by mathematical prediction rather than by empirical observation. Unexpected... Read more

Mary Church Terrell Is Born

Mary Church Terrell—educator, political activist, and first president of the National Association of Colored Women—was born on September 23, 1863,... Read more

Nintendo Founded

Nintendo Company Ltd. (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha) is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by... Read more

Empire Mine Explosion

Seventy men were entombed Friday in the Empire Mine of Snowdon, Gould & Co., one fourth of a mile below town, as the result of an explosion of gas,... Read more

Flight of 1902 Wright Glider

The 1902 Wright Glider was the third free-flight glider built by the brothers. This was their first glider to incorporate yaw control by use of a... Read more

Chicago Cubs Tie New York Giants After Fred Merkle Commits 'Merkle's Boner'

The score remained tied into the ninth, and with Giant Moose McCormick on first base after a fielder’s choice and two outs, Fred Merkle hit a... Read more

Battle of Kut

British Army, 12,000 Major-General Townshend General Frye General Delamain General Houghton Turkish Army, 20,000 Nuredin Pasha Djemal... Read more

John Coltrane Is Born

John William "Trane" Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Starting in bebop and hard... Read more

Ray Charles is Born

Ray Charles, born Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 - June 10, 2004) was an American musician. Charles was a pioneer in the genre of soul... Read more

'Death In The Afternoon' Is Published

Death in the Afternoon (1932) marked a departure from the fiction-writing career of Ernest Hemingway. A study of the Spanish bullfight, the book... Read more

"Dodsworth" Is Released

Dodsworth is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Wyler. Sidney Howard based the screenplay on his 1934 stage adaptation of the 1929... Read more

Frida Kahlo's First Exhibit in Mexico

On September 23rd, four of Frida's paintings are included in a group exhibition at the Galeria de Arte at the National Autonomous University of... Read more

Death of Sigmund Freud

A heavy cigar smoker, Freud smoked 20 cigars a day despite health warnings from colleagues. Because of his frequent references to phallic... Read more

Formation of the Pro-German Faction, Italian Social Republic (RSI), Following Italy's Armistice with Allied Forces

Upon Mussolini's rescue from Italian arrest, Adolf Hitler ordered Mussolini to form a new fascist state or else he would destroy Milan, Genoa and... Read more

Battle of Arnhem, Day 7

Spindler was ordered to switch his attacks further south and try to force the British away from the river, thus isolating the British from any hope... Read more

Richard Nixon Delivers his 'Checkers' Speech

The Checkers speech or Fund speech was an address made by United States Senator from California and Republican vice presidential candidate Richard... Read more

All-White Jury Acquitted J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the Murder of Emmett Till

Mrs. Bradley traveled to Mississippi to testify at the trial, staying in the home of Dr. T.R.M. Howard in the all-black town of Mound Bayou. Others... Read more

"The Silence" Is Released

The Silence (Swedish: Tystnaden) is a 1963 film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman starring Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom. After a... Read more

"Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" Is Released

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film that tells the story of bank robbers Butch Cassidy (played by Paul Newman) and... Read more

Death of Pablo Neruda

Establishing a permanent home on the Isla Negra, Neruda continued to travel extensively, visiting Cuba in 1960 and the United States in 1966. After... Read more

The Rolling Stones Release 'Love You Live'

Love You Live is a double live album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1977. The album is drawn from Tour of the Americas shows in the United... Read more

"You Are What You Is" by Frank Zappa Is Released

You Are What You Is is an album by Frank Zappa. It was originally released as a two-record set in 1981 and later by Rykodisc as a 20-song CD. The... Read more

Jack Henry Abbott is Captured in Louisiana

Telling prison officials that Abbott had a promising career as a writer, Mailer offered to employ him as a researcher. On June 5, 1981, Abbott was... Read more

Bombing of Gulf Air Flight 771

Gulf Air Flight 771 was a flight from Karachi, Pakistan to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 23 September 1983, while the Boeing 737-2P6 was on... Read more