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September 23
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 A Star Is Born in 1954 directed by George Cukor and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three in 1974 directed by Joseph Sargent.
But much more happened on September 23 over the years: find out below
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around September 23 over the years?
A Star Is Born
Release year: 1954
Directed by: George Cukor
Starring: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford
Country: United States of America
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Release year: 1974
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Starring: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo
Country: United States of America
Watership Down
Release year: 1999
Directed by: Martin Rosen
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson, Michael Graham Cox
Country: United States of America
The Damned
Release year: 1969
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger
Country: United States of America
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Release year: 1974
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of September 23?
- 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)
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Events
- Romy Schneider: German actress, internationally known,...
- Julio Iglesias: Spanish singer, known as the master of...
- Bruce Springsteen: American musician known as "The Boss," a...
- Ray Charles: American musician, a singer, composer...
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Famous Birthday
- Bourvil : French actor and singer best known for...
- Madeleine Renaud: French actress, comedienne and theater...
- Bob Fosse: American dancer, choreographer and film...
- Mary Frann: American actress (Born 1943).
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Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of September 23 over the years?
- 2017 Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
- 2016 Closer - The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
- 2015 What Do You Mean? - Justin Bieber
- 2014 Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
- 2013 Katy Perry - Roar
- 2012 Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
- 2011 Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
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2010
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
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2009
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
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2008
T.I. - Whatever You Like
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Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2017 Believer - Imagine Dragons
- 2016 Heathens - twenty one pilots
- 2015 Shut Up And Dance - WALK THE MOON
- 2014 Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo
- 2013 Lorde - Royals
- 2012 Green Day - Oh Love
- 2011 The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- 2010 Another Way To Die - Disturbed
- 2009 Alice In Chains - Check My Brain
Top #1 Rock songs
Books
Which were the most popular books released around September 23 over the years?
Young Men & Fire
Year: 1992
By: Norman Maclean
On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Year: 1996
By: John Berendt
Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and …
The Cider House Rules
Year: 1985
By: John Irving
First published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century. The novel tells the story of Dr.
In Search Of Excellence
Year: 1983
By: Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr
The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table.Based
Killing the Rising Sun
Year: 2016
By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin DugardAutumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will …