Wednesday October 23, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

October 23: Day of the Week

October 23, 2024 is the 297th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

October 23 Historical Event(s)

502
The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
1641
Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
1739
War of Jenkins’ Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
1870
Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.
1906
Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
1941
Walt Disney’s animated film Dumbo is released.
1941
World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.
1956
Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
1973
The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
1989
The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People’s Republic.

Who were born on October 23?

1503
Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)
1698
Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (d. 1782)
1894
Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966)
1942
Michael Crichton, American writer (d. 2008)
1957
Martin Luther King III, American human rights advocate
1967
Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont)
1971
Christopher Horner, American cyclist
1974
Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
1975
Odalys García, Cuban actress
1987
Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play)

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