Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/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
