September 23: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

September 23rd marks the 266th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 267th in case of leap years). There are 99 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Libra. Famous birthdays on this day include Romy Schneider (1938), Julio Iglesias (1943) and Bruce Springsteen (1949). Holidays and observances around the world include: International Day of Sign Languages.
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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 In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rebels killed 23 civilians and four soldiers. It was close to an Ebola epidemic that had struck Beni, eastern Congo.
2017 Apocalypticism. Conspiracy theorist David Meade, a book author and conspiracy theorist, predicted that a mythological rogue Planet called Nibiru (sometimes referred to as Planet X), would collide with Earth and cause the end of the world.
2016 Insurgency in South Thailand: Three Thai police officers are killed and two others injured in a bomb-and-gun attack that took place in Yala province.
2015 Colombian conflict (1964-1999): Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, and Timoleon Jimenez, leader of FARC will announce a deal for justice for the 50-year-old conflict.
2014 2014 military intervention against ISIS, Syria -- The United States and its allies begin air strikes against Islamic State, Syria. Reports indicate that at least 120 people have been killed. (BBC),
2013 Shooting at Westgate Shopping Mall: There were explosions and gunfire reported from Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, where Al Shabaab gunmen remain. (BBC) The Kenyan Interior Minister claims that three gunmen have been killed and that his troops control all five floors.
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2011 2011 Yemeni uprising. Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of Yemen, returns from Saudi Arabia after three months absence. This comes amid increasing violence and political unrest in Yemen.
2010 Blockbuster, a video chain, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The plan is to reduce debt from nearly $1 billion to $100 million and give a group led by billionaire Carl Icahn as well as hedge funds, a controlling interest in the company.
2009 A dust storm has swept through Australia's cities of Canberra, Sydney, and Brisbane. It is the worst for at least 70 years. New South Wales's aviation system is disrupted.
2008 Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide.
2007 General Motors must avoid a strike by the United Automobile Workers by Monday 11am.
2006 Ali Abdullah Saleh is back in office as President of Yemen, having been in office since 1978. The result prompts allegations of electoral fraud by the Yemeni opposition coalition.
2005 Filiberto Rios, leader of the Puerto Rican nationalist movement, is shot and killed in a shootout with FBI.
2004 Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA, is activated again.
2003 California recall: A United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit panel of 11 judges overturns a previous ruling of a panel of three and reinstates October 7, as the date for the California gubernatorial election recall election. The original decision was made by the American Civil Liberties Union. They will not appeal it to the Supreme Court.
2002 Release of the first public version Mozilla Firefox's web browser (''Phoenix 0.1’').
1999 NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year
1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach Florida
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
1986 Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out 1st 8 Dodger of game
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
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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