Bruce Springsteen
b. 1949
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
On This Day · The 266th day of the year
September 23
A look at September 23 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Bruce Springsteen and Augustus, and the day's notable deaths and observances.
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Events
10 notable moments- 2010
Teresa Lewis
Teresa Lewis becomes the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by lethal injection.
American murderer (1969–2010) - 2008
Kauhajoki school shooting
Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.
2008 shooting in Finland - 1952
Richard Nixon
After being accused of financial improprieties, Senator Richard Nixon delivers his "Checkers speech" nationwide on television and radio, defending his actions and successfully salvaging his nomination as the Republican candidate for Vice President.
President of the United - 1920
1920 Louisiana hurricane
The Louisiana hurricane dissipates over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages.
Category 2 Atlantic hurricane - 1913
United Mine Workers of America
The United Mine Workers of America launch a strike which eventually escalated into the Colorado Coalfield War.
North American labor union - 1884
Cape Virgenes
On the night of 23–24 September, the steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.
Southeastern tip of continental - 1779
American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USS Bonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
1775–1783 conflict in North - 1642
First English Civil War
First English Civil War: The Battle of Powick Bridge, the first engagement between the primary field armies of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, ends in a Royalist victory.
Part of the Wars - 1338
Battle of Arnemuiden
The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used.
1338 battle of the - 1122
Pope Callixtus II
Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
Head of the Catholic
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Famous birthday twins
Born on September 23Augustus
b. -63
Roman emperor (died 14 AD)
John Coltrane
b. 1926
American jazz saxophonist and composer
Asima Chatterjee
b. 1917
Indian chemist
Kublai Khan
b. 1215
Mongolian emperor
Louise Nevelson
b. 1899
American sculptor
Karl Pilkington
b. 1972
English actor and producer
Matt Hardy
b. 1974
American wrestler
Deaths
- 2018Charles K. Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist
- 1988Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author
- 1973Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist
- 1917Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot
- 1728Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher
Holidays & observances
- —Christian feast day: Adomnán
- —Christian feast day: Cissa of Crowland (or of Northumbria)
- —Christian feast day: Blessed Francisco de Paula Victor
- —Christian feast day: Padre Pio
- —Christian feast day: Pope Linus
- —Christian feast day: Sossius
- —Christian feast day: Thecla (Roman Catholic Church)
- —Christian feast day: Xanthippe and Polyxena
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