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| October 23rd |
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| About October 23rd is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. October 23rd is Mole Day, an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists in North America. Births 1835 - Adlai E. Stevenson I, 23rd U.S. Vice President 1869 - John Heisman, college football coach, (Heisman Trophy) 1879 - Joseph Carr, Hall of Fame professional football contributor 1914 - Frank Kinard, Hall of Fame offensive tackle 1925 - Johnny Carson, television show host, comedian (The Tonight Show) 1931 - Jim Bunning, U.S. Senator, Hall of Fame pitcher 1942 - Michael Crichton, author, producer, director (The Lost World, ER) 1946 - Mel Martinez, U.S. Senator Deaths 1762 - Samuel Morey, inventor (invented the internal combustion engine) Events 1962 - President John F. Kennedy signs the Proclamation for Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba at the Oval Office in the White House. 1983 - The terrorist group Hezbollah kills 241 American soldiers in an attack on the Marine Crops barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. |
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