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October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1666 – The most intense tornado on record in English history, ...
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The memorial was unveiled on 19 October 1921, before its completion. In the 1970s another wall was created, listing the names of casualties from the Second World War; a monument to that conflict was added in 2005.
October 23: Double Ninth Festival in China (2023); Mole Day Paulina Wright Davis 1798 – War of the Second Coalition : The Ottoman–Albanian forces of Ali Pasha of Janina defeated French troops and captured the town of Preveza at the Battle of Nicopolis .
Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (lit. 'I will gladly carry the cross-staff'), BWV 56, is a solo cantata for a bass singer by Johann Sebastian Bach.First performed in Leipzig on 27 October 1726, the 19th Sunday after Trinity, it was scored for woodwinds, strings and continuo, and features an obbligato oboe.
October 23: Day of Tasu'a (Islam, 2015); Mole Day Claude François de Malet 1641 – Irish Catholic gentry in Ulster tried to seize control of Dublin Castle , the seat of English rule in Ireland, to force concessions to Catholics.
October 23. 1581 – Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529); 1873 – Birth of – Birth of
Law and crime A man attacks a group of police officers in New York City with a hatchet, injuring 2 before being shot dead. Police suspect the attacker was motivated by radical Islamic ideals. (CNN) Politics and elections Protesters in Iran call for increased security after four women are injured in acid attacks in Isfahan for allegedly not wearing veils. (AFP via ABC Online) Science Partial ...