October 23

Friday 23, 1998:

1998 - Swatch Internet Time introduced

Sunday 23, 1983:

Lebanon Civil War: U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut hit by truck bomb, killing 241 US Servicemen. French barracks also hit the same morning, killing 58. The US responds by withdrawing its troops from the region.

Saturday 23, 1976:

US president Jimmy Carter, in a Playboy magazine interview, states that "I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me."

Thursday 23, 1958:

Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced a new set of comic strip characters The Smurfs.

Saturday 23, 1813:

The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom).