September 23

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on September 23. From 1900 until now. September 23 is under the sign of Libra. Famous birthdays on this day include Romy Schneider (1938), Julio Iglesias (1943) and Bruce Springsteen (1949). Several movies were released around September 23 over the years, such as The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957 directed by David Lean and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner in 1962 directed by Tony Richardson.
But much more happened on September 23 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

RC Saints - Feast day of Saint Adomnan of Iona, Saint Constantius, Saint Thecla.
French Republican Calendar - Safran (Saffron) Day, second day in the Month of VendTmiaire
Saudi Arabia - National Day (unification 1932)
Japanese Autumnal equinox Day (????/Sh?bun no hi)
Celebrate Bisexuality Day - September 23rd of every year is designated as Celebrate Bisexuality Day and celebrated by members of the bisexual community and their allies worldwide. Observed annually since 1999.
Also see September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
In ancient Latvia, the second day of Mikeli
Astrology: Usually the first day of sun sign Libra in the tropical zodiac.
Traditional New Year's Day in Constantinople and Eastern Orthodox churches ? because of the birthday of August, not because of the equinox.
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Events

2018 Rebels kill 23 civilians and four soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The attack was near an Ebola epidemic in the town of Beni in eastern Congo. (Reuters)
2017 Apocalypticism: Conspiracy theorist and book author David Meade predicted that a mythological rogue planet known as Nibiru (sometimes known as Planet X) would collide with Earth and that the world would end on this day.(FoxNews)
2016 South Thailand insurgency: A combined bomb and gun attack kills three Thai police officers and injures two others in Yala province. (Reuters)
2015 Colombian conflict (1964–present): The President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of FARC Timoleón Jiménez will announce a deal on justice for crimes committed in the fifty-year-long conflict. (BBC)
2014 2014 military intervention against ISIS in Syria -- The United States and its allies commence air strikes against Islamic State in Syria with reports of at least 120 deaths. (BBC), (AFP via Yahoo! News)
2013 Westgate shopping mall shooting:: Explosions and gunfire are reported from the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi where Al-Shabaab gunmen are still holed up. (BBC)The Kenyan Interior Minister says that three gunmen were killed and that his troops are in control of all five floors of the building. (Euronews)
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2011 2011 Yemeni uprising: The President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, returns from Saudi Arabia after a three-month absence, amid an increase in political unrest and violence in Yemen. (Al-Jazeera)
2010 Video chain Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with a plan to cut debt from near $1 billion down to $100 million, and giving a group of bondholders led by billionaire Carl Icahn and hedge funds a controlling stake in the company.
2009 The cities of Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane in Australia are covered by a dust storm, the worst in at least 70 years. Aviation in New South Wales is disrupted. (The Australian) (ABC News) (The Canberra Times)
2008 Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide.
2007 The United Automobile Workers sets a deadline of 11am Monday for General Motors to avoid a strike. (New York Times)
2006 Ali Abdullah Saleh, in office since 1978, is re-elected as President of Yemen with 77.2% of the votes, prompting allegations of electoral fraud from the Yemeni opposition coalition. (BBC)
2005 Filiberto Ojeda Rios, Puerto Rican nationalist movement leader, is killed following a shootout with the FBI. (BBC)
2004 Mount St. Helens in Washington state, USA, becomes active again.
2003 California recall: An 11-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturns the earlier ruling of a three-judge panel and reinstates October 7 as the date of the California gubernatorial recall election. The American Civil Liberties Union, whose suit was responsible for the original decision, will not appeal to the Supreme Court.
2002 The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox (''Phoenix 0.1'') is released.
1999 NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year (258)
1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach Florida (WCLB 95.5 FM)
1995 Argentine national Guillermo "Bill" Gaede is arrested in Phoenix, Arizona on charges of industrial espionage. His sales to Cuba, China, North Korea and Iran are believed to have involved Intel and Advanced Micro Devices trade secrets worth US$10-20 million.
1994 Pinatubo volcano in Philippines erupts, kills at least 14
1993 Les Miserables, opens at Playhouse, Edinburgh
1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
1991 New York Islanders' Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame.
1990 Nancy Lopez wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic
1989 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning
1988 Rosa Mota wins 2nd female olympic marathon (2:25:39)
1986 Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out 1st 8 Dodger of game (ends with 10)
1985 Italian crime reporter Giancarlo Siani is killed by Camorra.
1984 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, John Ritter and Tyne Daly
1983 Argentina milt regime gives amnesty to military / political assassins
1982 Amin Gemayel, brother of Bachir, is elected president of Lebanon.
1980 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens
1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic
1978 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome President Anwar Sadat home from Camp David summit.
1977 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise
1976 Ford-Carter TV debate
1974 Gypsy opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 120 performances
1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Open
1972 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law.
1971 John Vermeers painting The liefdesbrief stolen
1970 Abdul Razak bin Hussain becomes Premier of Malaysia
1969 1st broadcast of Marcus Welby MD on ABC-TV
1968 WKGB TV channel 53 in Bowling Green, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Greek Colonels regime frees ex-premier Georgios Papandreou
1964 Fiddler on the Roof with Zero Mostel premieres in New York City
1963 Georgette Ciselet is 1st woman on Belgian Council of State
1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Visalia Golf Open
1961 1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire
1959 Iowa farmer and corn breeder Roswell Garst hosts Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.
1957 Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
1955 Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad
1953 KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Dodgers clinch NL pennant
1950 Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open
1949 Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant
1948 Braves clinch NL pennant
1943 World War II: The so-called Salo Republic is born.
1942 Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions
1941 General de Gaulle forms government in exile in London
1939 Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6; Brooklyn Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Philadelphia Phillies 22-4.
1938 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sends Adolf Hitler's demands to Czechoslovakia.
1937 Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit
1936 Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins
1932 The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1926 The League of Nations Slavery Convention abolishes all types of slavery.
1925 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP
1923 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law
1922 B Brechts Drum in the Night, premieres in Germany
1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
1913 Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea
1912 Mark Sennet presents 1st Keystone Cops film (Cohen Collects a Debt)
1911 Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot
1909 The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantome de l'Opera), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, is first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
1908 University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, is founded.
1907 Proclamation sets fineness and weight of silver and bronze coins of Canada
1905 Mbunga-siege of Fort Mahenge German East-Africa broken
1904 Francis Younghusbands leaves Lhasa Tibet
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