September 23

Friday 23, 2005:

FBI killing of Filiberto Ojeda on Plan Bonito Hormigueros, Puerto Rico.

Thursday 23, 2004:

At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne.

Monday 23, 2002:

Mozilla Firefox (Phoenix) web browser is born: version 0.1.

Thursday 23, 1999:

NASA announces that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.

Thursday 23, 1993:

Sonic the Hedgehog CD is released for the Sega Mega-CD in Japan.

Friday 23, 1983:

Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion.

Wednesday 23, 1981:

Jack Henry Abbott, best-selling author, is arrested for murder.

Sunday 23, 1973:

Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.

Tuesday 23, 1969:

The Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago, Illinois

Sunday 23, 1962:

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City opens with the first building completed, Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall home of the New York Philharmonic.

Tuesday 23, 1952:

Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech".

Tuesday 23, 1941:

The first gas experiments are conducted at Auschwitz.

Friday 23, 1932:

The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Saturday 23, 1922:

Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament.

Monday 23, 1912:

First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" is released.

Saturday 23, 1905:

Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", officially ending the Union between the two countries peacfully.

Tuesday 23, 1884:

Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.

Thursday 23, 1875:

William Bonney ("Billy the Kid") is arrested for the first time.

Wednesday 23, 1868:

Grito de Lares (Lares Revolt) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.

Wednesday 23, 1846:

Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle

Tuesday 23, 1845:

The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.

Tuesday 23, 1806:

Lewis and Clark return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

Friday 23, 1803:

Battle of Assaye

Saturday 23, 1780:

American Revolution; British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's treason.

Thursday 23, 1779:

American Revolution; USS Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a fight against the British ships of war Serapis and Countess of Scarborough off the coast of England.

Tuesday 23, 1642:

First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.

Monday 23, 1529:

The Siege of Vienna begins as Suleiman II begins his attack on the city.

Friday 23, 1459:

Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire.

Saturday 23, 1122:

Concordat of Worms

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