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Day Of The Week: October 23
October 23, 2025 is the 296th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 23
- 1850 –The first National Women’s Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
- 1867 –72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
- 1870 –Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.
- 1942 –All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger (“Thanks for the Memory”, “Love in Bloom”, “Blue Hawaii”).
- 1956 –Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
- 1972 –Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
- 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.
Who were born on October 23?
- 1771 –Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813)
- 1813 –Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848)
- 1869 –John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
- 1929 –Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist (d. 2006)
- 1956 –Dwight Yoakam, American singer
- 1959 –“Weird Al” Yankovic, American musical parodist
- 1978 –Archie Thompson, Australian footballer
- 1984 –Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
- 1984 –Meghan McCain, American author and daughter of John McCain
- 1993 –Taylor Spreitler, American actress
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