Talk:October 23
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October 23: Eid ul-Fitr in Islam begins at sunset, Labour Day in New Zealand (2006); Chulalongkorn Memorial Day in Thailand.
- 4004 BC - The universe was created, according to the Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar.
- 1906 - Early flight: Alberto Santos-Dumont (pictured) flew the 14-bis aircraft for over 200 feet at an altitude of about 10 feet.
- 1958 - Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced a new set of comic strip characters, The Smurfs.
- 1983 - Lebanese Civil War: Suicide bombers destroyed two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 U.S. Marines and 58 French paratroopers of the international peacekeeping force.
- 2002 - Chechen rebels seized a crowded theater in Moscow, taking approximately 700 theatergoers and performers hostage in the Moscow theater hostage crisis.
Recent days: October 22 – October 21 – October 20
Removed:
- 1086 - A Berber army under Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats Alfonso VI of Castile at Zallaka.
- Could not be confirmed outside of 'This day in history'-type websites (very bad source). --mav 22:51, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- source of date is britannica 2001 Boris Živ
- 1944 - Soviet Union invades Hungary.
- Could not be confirmed. --mav 22:51, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- 1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog Master System Version is released in Brazil.
- Trivial. Who cares? --mav 22:51, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I removed
- 1971 - In Orlando, Florida, the theme park and resort Walt Disney World opens.
- It seems this occurred on October 1, 1971. See [1] -- Minesweeper 00:33, Oct 25, 2003 (UTC)
Quote: 1906 - Alberto Santos-Dumont flies the 14-bis in the first officially-recognised heavier-than-air flight at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France. This is disputable. What is an officially-recognised flight? What is not officially recognised about the flights of the Wright brothers (not only the december 1903 hop, but also the 39 km roundabout flight of 1905?). Fram 13:36, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
