October 23

Wednesday 23, 1935:

Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosenkrantz are fatally shot in a bar in Newark in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre

Saturday 23, 1915:

Woman's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march up Fifth Avenue to demand the right to vote.

Monday 23, 1911:

First use of aircraft in war: an Italian pilot takes off from Libya to survey Turkish lines during the Turco-Italian War.

Friday 23, 1739:

War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.

Wednesday 23, -42:

Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. He commits suicide.