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October 23

25 years on from Apple Inc., October 23 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneOpal ❀Birth flowerMarigold

Scorpio is the sign for October 23 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see October's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on October 23?

October 23 is the 296th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1157 and 2001. Famous people born on October 23 include "Weird Al" Yankovic, Pelé and Vasily Belov.

Released on October 23

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Species: Unknown
  • Game Tormented Souls II
  • Game The Jackbox Party Pack 11
  • Game Hyperbeat
  • Game PowerWash Simulator 2
  • Game Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
  • Game Farthest Frontier
  • Game The Lonesome Guild
  • Game Misery
  • Game Bounty Star
  • Game Full Metal Schoolgirl
  • Game Godbreakers
  • Movie The Last Supper

2024

  • Game Wilmot Works It Out
  • Game Age of History III
  • Game Zero Sievert
  • Game Rivals of Aether II
  • Game While We Wait Here

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1157

    Battle of Grathe Heath

  2. 1850

    National Women's Rights Convention

  3. 1906

    Alberto Santos-Dumont

  4. 1940

    Adolf Hitler

  5. 1942

    World War II

  6. 1956

    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

  7. 1958

    Belgium

  8. 1965

    Vietnam War

  9. 1998

    Israel

  10. 2001

    Apple Inc.

Famous birthday twins

Born on October 23

"Weird Al" Yankovic

b. 1959

Pelé

b. 1940

Vasily Belov

b. 1932

Juan Luna

b. 1857

Masiela Lusha

b. 1985

Álvaro Morata

b. 1992

Randy Pausch

b. 1960

Ludwig Leichhardt

b. 1813

Deaths

  • 2017Walter Lassally
  • 2014Alvin Stardust
  • 2003Soong Mei-ling
  • 1867Franz Bopp
  • 1616Leonhard Hutter
  • 1550Tiedemann Giese

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer
  • —Christian feast day: James the Just (i.e. James, brother of Jesus) (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA), Eastern Orthodox)
  • —Christian feast day: Allucio of Campugliano
  • —Christian feast day: Amon of Toul (Diocese of Toul)
  • —Christian feast day: Boethius
  • —Christian feast day: Ignatios of Constantinople
  • —Christian feast day: John of Capistrano
  • —Christian feast day: Joséphine Leroux

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