October 23 Events 4004 BC - James Ussher's proposed creation date of the world according to the Bible. 42 BC - Liberators' civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus's army. Brutus commits suicide. 425 - Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six. 501 - The Synodus Palmaris , called by Gothic king Theoderic, absolves Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius. 1086 - Spanish Reconquista : At the Battle of Sagrajas , the Almoravids defeats the Castilians, but are unable to take advantage of their victory. 1157 - The Battle of Grathe Heath ends a civil war in Denmark. 1295 - The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris. 1641 - Irish Catholic gentry from Ulster attempt to seize control of Dublin Castle, the seat of English rule in Ireland , so as to force concessions. 1642 - The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War . 1707 - The First Parliament of Great Britain convenes. 1739 - The War of Jenkins' Ear begins when Prime Minister Walpole reluctantly declares war on Spain. 1812 - A French general begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia. 1850 - The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts. 1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Westport is the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River. 1906 - Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe. 1911 - The Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight. 1912 - First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins. 1939 - The Japanese Mitsubishi G4M twin-engine "Betty" Bomber makes its maiden flight. 1942 - World War II: Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein , which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign. 1942 - All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard American Airlines Flight 28 are killed when it collides with a USAAF bomber near Palm Springs, California . 1942 - World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal. 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf begins. 1955 - Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam . 1955 - The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with Germany instead of France. 1956 - Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution . 1958 - Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued. 1965 - Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division, in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches an operation seeking to destroy Communist forces during the siege of Plei Me . 1970 - Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas. 1972 - Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker , a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months. 1973 - Watergate scandal: President Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations. 1982 - A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured. 1983 - Lebanese 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. 1989 - The Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic . 1989 - Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine ; the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then. 1991 - Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War . 1993 - The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians. 1995 - Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena . 1998 - Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum . 2002 - Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage. 2004 - A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated. 2007 - A storm causes the Mexican Kab 101 oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform. 2011 - A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands. 2011 - The Libyan National Transition Council deems the Libyan Civil War over. 2012 - After 38 years, the world's first teletext service ceases broadcast due to Northern Ireland completing the digital switchover. 2015 - The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia , which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.Births 1006 - Wen Yanbo , Chinese grand chancellor 1255 - Ferdinand de la Cerda , Spanish noble 1491 - Ignatius of Loyola , Catholic priest 1516 - Charlotte of Valois , French princess 1634 - Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp , Swedish queen 1654 - Johann Bernhard Staudt , Austrian composer 1698 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel , French architect, designed the École Militaire 1705 - Maximilian Ulysses Browne , Austrian field marshal 1713 - Pieter Burman the Younger , Dutch philologist, poet, and educator 1762 - Samuel Morey , American engineer 1766 - Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy , French general 1790 - Chauncey Allen Goodrich , American minister, lexicographer, and educator 1796 - Stefano Franscini , Swiss statistician and politician 1801 - Albert Lortzing , German singer-songwriter and actor 1805 - John Russell Bartlett , American linguist and historian 1813 - Ludwig Leichhardt , German-Australian explorer 1815 - João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe , Brazilian politician 1817 - Pierre Larousse , French lexicographer and author 1822 - Gustav Spörer , German astronomer 1835 - Adlai Stevenson I , American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States 1837 - Moritz Kaposi , Hungarian dermatologist 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt , French actress 1844 - Robert Bridges , English poet and playwright 1857 - Juan Luna , Filipino painter and sculptor 1863 - Mirko Breyer , Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp 1865 - Neltje Blanchan , American historian and author 1869 - John Heisman , American football player and coach 1870 - Francis Kelley , Canadian-American bishop 1873 - William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer 1874 - Charles Kilpatrick , American runner and educator 1875 - Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic 1876 - Franz Schlegelberger , German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice 1880 - Dominikus Böhm , German architect 1880 - Una O'Connor , Irish-American actress and singer 1883 - Hugo Wast , Argentine writer 1885 - Lawren Harris , Canadian painter and educator 1888 - Onésime Gagnon , Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec 1892 - Speckled Red , American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter 1894 - Rube Bressler , American baseball player 1894 - Emma Vyssotsky , American astronomer and academic 1896 - André Lévêque , French soldier and engineer 1896 - Lilyan Tashman , American actress 1897 - John Baker , English air marshal 1897 - Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena , Spanish writer 1899 - Bernt Balchen , Norwegian aviator 1900 - Douglas Jardine , Indian-English cricketer and lawyer 1902 - Robert Eberan von Eberhorst , Austrian engineer 1902 - Luther Evans , American political scientist and politician 1904 - Harvey Penick , American golfer and coach 1905 - Felix Bloch , Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1905 - Yen Chia-kan , Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China 1905 - Gertrude Ederle , American swimmer 1908 - František Douda , Czech shot putter 1908 - Ilya Frank , Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1909 - Zellig Harris , American linguist and methodologist 1910 - Richard Mortensen , Danish painter and educator 1910 - Hayden Rorke , American actor 1911 - Jack Keller , American hurdler 1915 - Simo Puupponen , Finnish writer 1918 - Augusta Dabney , American actress 1918 - James Daly , American actor 1918 - Paul Rudolph , American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre 1919 - Manolis Andronikos , Greek archaeologist and academic 1920 - Ted Fujita , Japanese-American meteorologist and academic 1920 - Bob Montana , American illustrator 1920 - Gianni Rodari , Italian writer 1920 - Vern Stephens , American baseball player 1922 - Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington , English politician 1922 - Coleen Gray , American actress 1923 - Aslam Farrukhi , Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar 1923 - Ned Rorem , American composer and author 1923 - Frank Sutton , American actor 1924 - Arthur Brittenden , English journalist 1925 - Johnny Carson , American comedian and talk show host 1925 - Manos Hatzidakis , Greek composer and theorist 1925 - Fred Shero , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach 1927 - Sonny Criss , American saxophonist and composer 1927 - Dezső Gyarmati , Hungarian water polo player and coach 1927 - Leszek Kołakowski , Polish-English historian and philosopher 1929 - Shamsur Rahman , Bangladeshi poet and journalist 1930 - Luis Alarcón , Chilean actor 1930 - Unto Mononen , Finnish musician 1931 - Jim Bunning , American baseball player and politician 1931 - William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor 1931 - Diana Dors , English actress 1932 - Vasily Belov , Russian novelist, poet and playwright 1933 - Carol Fran , American singer-songwriter and pianist 1933 - Carlos Lemos Simmonds , sixth Vice President of Columbia 1934 - Caitro Soto , Afro-Peruvian musician 1935 - Chi-Chi Rodríguez , Puerto Rican-American golfer 1935 - JacSue Kehoe , American neuroscientist 1936 - Charles Goodhart , English economist and academic 1936 - Philip Kaufman , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1937 - Johnny Carroll , American rockabilly musician 1937 - Carlos Lamarca , Brazilian captain 1937 - Deven Verma , Indian actor, director, and producer 1938 - Alan G`ilzean , Scottish footballer and manager 1939 - Charlie Foxx , American R&B/soul singer and guitarist 1939 - C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province 1940 - Ellie Greenwich , American singer-songwriter and producer 1940 - Jane Holzer , American model, actress, producer, and art collector 1940 - Pelé , Brazilian footballer and actor 1941 - René Metge , French rally driver 1941 - Colin Milburn , English cricketer 1941 - Igor Smirnov , Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria 1942 - Michael Crichton , American author, director, producer, and screenwriter 1942 - Douglas Dunn , Scottish poet, critic, and academic 1942 - Bernd Erdmann , German footballer and manager 1942 - Anita Roddick , English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop 1943 - Alida Chelli , Italian actress and singer 1944 - Mike Harding , English singer-songwriter and comedian 1945 - Maggi Hambling , English sculptor and painter 1945 - Kim Larsen , Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1945 - Graça Machel , Mozambican politician and humanitarian 1945 - Ernie Watts , American saxophonist 1945 - Maury Yeston , American composer, lyricist, and music theorist 1946 - Graeme Barker , English archaeologist and academic 1946 - Alicia Borinsky , Argentine writer 1946 - Mel Martínez , American lawyer and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1946 - Miklós Németh , Hungarian javelin thrower 1947 - Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi , co-founder of the Palestinian movement Hamas 1947 - Kazimierz Deyna , Polish footballer 1947 - Greg Ridley , English bass player 1948 - Hermann Hauser , Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory 1948 - Gerry Robinson , Irish-born British businessman, arts patron and television personality 1948 - Brian Ross , American journalist 1948 - Jordi Sabatés , Spanish musician 1949 - Krešimir Ćosić , Croatian soldier and politician 1949 - Oscar Martínez , Argentine theater actor 1949 - Nick Tosches , American journalist, author, and poet 1949 - Würzel , English singer and guitarist 1950 - Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman 1951 - Charly García , Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player 1951 - Ángel de Andrés López , Spanish actor 1951 - Fatmir Sejdiu , Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo 1951 - David Wills , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist 1952 - Pierre Moerlen , French drummer 1952 - Ken Tipton , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1953 - Taner Akçam , Turkish sociologist and historian 1953 - Joaquín Lavín , Chilean politician and economist 1954 - Ang Lee , Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter 1956 - Adam Nawałka , Polish football player and manager 1956 - Darrell Pace , American archer 1956 - Dianne Reeves , American singer 1956 - Dwight Yoakam , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1957 - Paul Kagame , Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda 1957 - Graham Rix , English footballer and coach 1958 - Michael Eric Dyson , American activist, author, and academic 1958 - Rose Nabinger , German singer 1958 - Frank Schaffer , German sprinter 1959 - Nancy Grace , American lawyer and journalist 1959 - Sam Raimi , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic , American singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor 1960 - Mirwais Ahmadzaï , Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer 1960 - Katoucha Niane , French model and actress 1960 - Randy Pausch , American author and academic 1960 - Wayne Rainey , American motorcycle racer 1961 - Laurie Halse Anderson , American author 1961 - Vinicio Gómez , Guatemalan politician 1961 - Andoni Zubizarreta , Spanish footballer and sportscaster 1962 - Doug Flutie , American football player, sportscaster, and drummer 1963 - Gordon Korman , Canadian-American author 1963 - Rashidi Yekini , Nigerian footballer 1964 - Anabell López , Cuban singer 1964 - Robert Trujillo , American bass player and songwriter 1964 - Eddy Cue , American computer scientist and businessman 1965 - Augusten Burroughs , American author and screenwriter 1965 - Al Leiter , American baseball player and sportscaster 1966 - Alex Zanardi , Italian racing driver and cyclist 1967 - Dale Crover , American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer 1967 - Omar Linares , Cuban baseball player 1967 - Walt Flanagan , American actor and illustrator 1967 - Jaime Yzaga , Peruvian tennis player 1969 - Dolly Buster , Czech film producer and director, actress and author 1969 - Trudi Canavan , Australian author and illustrator 1969 - Bill O'Brien , American football player and coach 1969 - Brooke Theiss , American actress 1970 - Matthew Barzun , American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1970 - Grant Imahara , American television presenter and engineer 1970 - Kenji Nomura , Japanese voice actor 1970 - Zoe Wiseman , American model and photographer 1971 - Carlo Forlivesi , Italian-Japanese composer and scholar 1971 - Chris Horner , American cyclist 1972 - Kate del Castillo , Mexican actress 1972 - Tiffeny Milbrett , American soccer player 1972 - Dominika Paleta , Polish-Mexican actress 1972 - Eduardo Paret , Cuban baseball player 1972 - Bryan Pratt , American lawyer and politician 1972 - Jasmin St. Claire, Virgin Islander-American actress 1972 - Jimmy Wayne , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1973 - Christian Dailly , Scottish footballer 1974 - Aravind Adiga , Indian journalist and author 1974 - Beatrice Faumuina , New Zealand discus thrower 1974 - Sander Westerveld , Dutch footballer 1974 - Christine Yoshikawa , Canadian pianist 1975 - Jessicka , American singer-songwriter 1975 - Michelle Beadle , American sportscaster 1975 - Odalys García , Cuban actress 1975 - Phillip Gillespie , Australian cricket umpire 1975 - Yoon Son-ha , South Korean actress and singer 1975 - Keith Van Horn , American basketball player 1975 - Manuela Velasco , Spanish actress 1976 - Cat Deeley , English model, actress, and television host 1976 - Sergio Diduch , Argentine footballer 1976 - Ryan Reynolds , Canadian-American actor and producer 1977 - Brad Haddin , Australian cricketer 1977 - Alex Tudor , English cricketer and coach 1978 - Jimmy Bullard , English footballer 1978 - Steve Harmison , English cricketer and sportscaster 1978 - John Lackey , American baseball player 1978 - Archie Thompson , New Zealand-Australian footballer 1979 - Ramón Castro , Venezuelan baseball player 1979 - Simon Davies , Welsh footballer 1979 - Prabhas , Telugu film actor 1979 - Jorge Solís , Mexican boxer 1979 - Bud Smith , American baseball player 1980 - Mate Bilić , Croatian footballer 1980 - Pedro Liriano , Dominican baseball player 1981 - Daniela Alvarado , Venezuelan actress 1981 - Jeroen Bleekemolen , Dutch racing driver 1981 - Leticia Dolera , Spanish actress 1981 - Ben Francisco , American baseball player 1981 - Lee Ki-woo , South Korean actor 1981 - Jackie Long , American actor and producer 1981 - Mirel Rădoi , Romanian footballer 1981 - Huo Siyan , Chinese actress 1982 - Valentin Badea , Romanian footballer 1982 - Rickey Paulding , American basketball player 1982 - Kristjan Kangur , Estonian basketball player 1982 - Aleksandar Luković , Serbian footballer 1982 - Rodolfo Dantas Bispo , Brazilian footballer 1983 - Filippos Darlas , Greek footballer 1983 - Valentin Demyanenko , Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani canoeist 1983 - Goldie Harvey , Nigerian singer-songwriter 1984 - Izabel Goulart , Brazilian model 1984 - Jeffrey Hoogervorst , Dutch footballer 1984 - Simone Masini , Italian footballer 1984 - Meghan McCain , American journalist and author 1984 - Michael Sim , Australian golfer 1984 - Keiren Westwood , English footballer 1985 - Miguel , American singer-songwriter and producer 1985 - Mohammed Abdellaoue , Norwegian footballer 1985 - Masiela Lusha , Albanian-American actress, poet, and humanitarian 1985 - Chris Neal , English footballer 1985 - Luca Spinetti , Italian footballer 1985 - Panagiotis Vouis , Greek footballer 1986 - Emilia Clarke , English actress 1986 - Briana Evigan , American actress and dancer 1986 - Jake Robinson , English footballer 1986 - Jessica Stroup , American actress 1987 - Faye , Swedish singer-songwriter 1987 - Robin Copeland , Irish rugby player 1987 - Félix Doubront , Venezuelan baseball player 1987 - Kyle Gibson , American baseball player 1987 - Seo In-guk , South Korean singer and actor 1987 - Miyuu Sawai , Japanese model and actress 1987 - Naomi Watanabe , Japanese actress 1988 - Jordan Crawford , American basketball player 1988 - Aleksandr Salugin , Russian footballer 1988 - Carolin Schiewe , German footballer 1989 - Viktor Agardius , Swedish footballer 1989 - Alain Broja , Venezuelan footballer 1989 - Jonita Gandhi , Indo-Canadian singer 1989 - Anisya Kirdyapkina , Russian race walker 1989 - Andriy Yarmolenko , Ukraian footballer 1990 - Paradise Oskar , Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1991 - Emil Forsberg , Swedish footballer 1991 - Jorge Taufua , Australian rugby league player 1991 - Princess Mako of Akishino , member of the Japanese Imperial Family 1992 - Álvaro Morata , Spanish footballer 1993 - Josh Ruffels , English footballer 1993 - Taylor Spreitler , American actress 1995 - Ireland Baldwin , American model 1997 - Jaydn Su'A , New Zealand rugby league player 1998 - Amandla Stenberg , American actress 2002 - Shin Eun-soo , South Korean actressDeaths 42 BC - Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger , Roman general and politician 877 - Ignatios of Constantinople , Byzantine patriarch 891 - Yazaman al-Khadim , Abbasid general and politician 902 - Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya , Aghlabid emir 930 - Daigo , Japanese emperor 945 - Hyejong of Goryeo , Korean king 949 - Yōzei , Japanese emperor 1134 - Abu al-Salt , Andalusian polymath 1157 - Sweyn III , Danish king 1456 - John of Capistrano , Italian priest and saint 1550 - Tiedemann Giese , Polish bishop 1581 - Michael Neander , German mathematician and astronomer 1590 - Bernardino de Sahagún , Spanish-born Franciscan, compiler of the Florentine Codex of Aztecs history in Mexico 1616 - Leonhard Hutter , German theologian and academic 1688 - Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange , French philologist and historian 1730 - Anne Oldfield , English actress 1764 - Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte , French admiral 1774 - Michel Benoist , French missionary and astronomer 1867 - Franz Bopp , German linguist and academic 1869 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby , English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1872 - Théophile Gautier , French journalist, author, and poet 1885 - Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas 1893 - Alexander of Battenberg 1910 - Chulalongkorn , Thai king 1915 - W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician 1916 - Richard McFadden , Scottish footballer and soldier 1917 - Eugène Grasset , Swiss illustrator 1921 - John Boyd Dunlop , Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber 1935 - Charles Demuth , American painter and educator 1939 - Zane Grey , American dentist and author 1942 - Ralph Rainger , American pianist and composer 1943 - Wakashima Gonshirō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna 1944 - Charles Glover Barkla , English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1944 - Hana Brady , Czech holocaust victim 1950 - Al Jolson , Lithuanian-American actor and singer 1953 - Adrien de Noailles , French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles 1959 - George Bouzianis , Greek painter 1959 - Gerda Lundequist , Swedish actress 1964 - Frank Luther Mott , American historian and journalist 1978 - Maybelle Carter , American singer and autoharp player 1983 - Jessica Savitch , American journalist 1984 - Oskar Werner , Austrian-German actor 1986 - Edward Adelbert Doisy , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1988 - Asashio Tarō III , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna 1989 - Armida , Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer 1990 - Thomas Williams , American author and academic 1994 - Robert Lansing , American actor 1996 - Bob Grim , American baseball player 1997 - Bert Haanstra , Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter 1998 - Barnett Slepian , American physician 1999 - Eric Reece , Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania 2000 - Yokozuna, American wrestler 2001 - Josh Kirby , English illustrator 2001 - Daniel Wildenstein , French art dealer and historian 2002 - Adolph Green , American playwright and songwriter 2003 - Tony Capstick , English actor and singer 2003 - Soong Mei-ling , Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek , 2nd First Lady of the Republic of China 2004 - Robert Merrill , American actor and singer 2004 - Bill Nicholson , English footballer, coach, and manager 2005 - William Hootkins , American actor 2005 - John Muth , American economist and academic 2005 - Stella Obasanjo , Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo , 10th First Lady of Nigeria 2006 - Lebo Mathosa , South African singer 2007 - John Ilhan , Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's 2007 - Lim Goh Tong , Malaysian-Chinese businessman 2008 - Kevin Finnegan , English boxer 2009 - Lou Jacobi , Canadian-American actor 2010 - Fran Crippen , American swimmer 2010 - Stanley Tanger , American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers 2011 - Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate 2011 - Marco Simoncelli , Italian motorcycle racer 2012 - William Joel Blass , American lawyer and politician 2012 - Wilhelm Brasse , Polish photographer 2012 - Roland de la Poype , French soldier and pilot 2012 - Sunil Gangopadhyay , Indian author and poet 2012 - Michael Marra , Scottish singer-songwriter 2013 - Wes Bialosuknia , American basketball player 2013 - Anthony Caro , English sculptor and academic 2013 - Niall Donohue , Irish hurler 2013 - Gypie Mayo , English guitarist and songwriter 2013 - Bill Mazer , Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster 2014 - Ghulam Azam , Bangladeshi politician 2014 - John Bramlett , American football player 2014 - Bernard Mayes , English-American journalist and academic 2014 - Joan Quigley , American astrologer and author 2014 - Tullio Regge , Italian physicist and academic 2014 - Alvin Stardust , English singer and actor 2015 - Leon Bibb , American-Canadian singer 2015 - Roger De Clerck , Belgian businessman 2015 - Jim Roberts , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach 2015 - Fred Sands , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art 2016 - Jack Chick , American cartoonist and publisher 2016 - Wim van der Voort , Dutch speed skater 2016 - Pete Burns , English singer-songwriter 2017 - Walter Lassally , German cinematographer 2018 - Todd Reid , Australian tennis playerHolidays and observances Christian feast day: *Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer *James the Just *Allucio of Campugliano *Amon of Toul *Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius *Giovanni da Capistrano *Ignatios of Constantinople *Joséphine Leroux *Peter Pascual *Romain of Rouen *Servandus and Cermanus *Severin of Cologne *October 23 * Christmas or the Feast of Señor Noemi in the Apostolic Catholic Church Aviator's Day Chulalongkorn Day Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle Liberation Day Mole Day National Day Paris Peace Agreement Day
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