What are the important events that happened on October 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 23: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 23 is the 296^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 10, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,761,177,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontahexagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 117 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,689 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 23 Historical Events

• 1739 –
  War of Jenkins’ Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
• 1861 –
  U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
• 1915 –
  Woman’s suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote.
• 1917 –
  Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
• 1942 –
  World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf – The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines.
• 1965 –
  Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches a new operation seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands).
• 1972 –
  Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
• 1992 –
  Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.
• 2004 –
  A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.

Who were born on October 23?

• 1516 –
  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)
• 1835 –
  Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, and 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
• 1869 –
  John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
• 1880 –
  Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959)
• 1893 –
  Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1918 –
  Peggy Moran, American actress d. 2002
• 1922 –
  Coleen Gray, American actress
• 1942 –
  Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007)
• 1975 –
  Michelle Beadle, American television personality
• 1976 –
  Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor

Who died on October 23?

• 877 –
  Ignatius, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 797)
• 1950 –
  Al Jolson, American singer and actor (b. 1886)
• 1957 –
  Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905)
• 1988 –
  Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929)
• 1994 –
  Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1997 –
  Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)
• 2000 –
  Rodney Anoa'i aka Yokozuna, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
• 2001 –
  Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (b. 1917)
• 2003 –
  Soong May-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1897)
• 2005 –
  Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (b. 1945)