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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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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)

1157
The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.
1707
The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.
1850
The first National Women’s Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
1935
Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard “Lulu” Rosencrantz are fatally shot at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre.
1944
World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf – The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines.
1944
World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
1946
The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
1989
Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas kills 23 and injures 314.
1989
The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People’s Republic.
1998
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a “land for peace” agreement.

Who were born on October 23?

1888
Onésime Gagnon, Canadian politician (d. 1961)
1910
Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (d. 1993)
1922
Coleen Gray, American actress
1925
Fred Shero, Canadian hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
1931
Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
1945
Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter
1952
Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist (d. 2005)
1962
Doug Flutie, American football player
1975
Michelle Beadle, American television personality
1984
Meghan McCain, American author and daughter of John McCain

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