On This Day: 23 October

23 October in Indian history

• 1957A screening of Mother India, one of the most influential Indian films in history, was held for President Rajendra Prasad and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru two days before its release.India

23 October in world history

• 2022Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif is shot and killed by local police in Kajiado, Kenya.
• 2022Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township, Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior Kachin Independence Organisation officials, in the Hpakant massacre.
• 2015Hurricane Patricia, the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Western Hemisphere, peaked with maximum sustained winds of 215 mph (345 km/h) south of Mexico.
• 2011A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
• 1995The runway show for Alexander McQueen's collection The Hunger was staged at London's Natural History Museum.
• 1993The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
• 1989An explosion at the Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas, which registered a 3.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, kills 23 and injures 314.
• 1972Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ended after five months.
• 1965Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), in conjunction with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, launches an operation seeking to destroy Communist forces during the siege of Plei Me.
• 1955The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with West Germany instead of France.
• 1942World War II: Japanese troops began an unsuccessful attempt to recapture Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands from American forces.
• 1941The Holocaust: Nazi Germany prohibits Jews from emigrating, including in its occupied territories.
• 1940Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meet at Hendaye to discuss the possibility of Spain entering the Second World War.
• 1924Second Zhili–Fengtian War: Warlord Feng Yuxiang, with the covert support of the Empire of Japan, stages a coup in Beijing against his erstwhile superiors in the Zhili clique, crippling their nearly victorious war effort against the Fengtian clique and forcing
• 1906Alberto Santos-Dumont flew his biplane 14-bis for 50 metres (160 ft) at an altitude of about four metres (13 ft).
• 1868Meiji Restoration: Having taken the shogunate's seat of power at Edo and declared it his new capital as Tokyo, Mutsuhito proclaims the start of the new Meiji era.
• 1850The inaugural National Women's Rights Convention, presided over by American activist Paulina Wright Davis, began in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Born on 23 October

• 1979Prabhas, Telugu film actorIndia
• 1951Charly García, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1946Alicia Borinsky, Argentine writer
• 1937Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2014)India
• 1925Fred Shero, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1990)
• 1900Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)India

Died on 23 October

• 2023Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer (born 1946)India
• 2012Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (born 1934)India
• 2011Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
• 1921John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (born 1840)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 23 October in history?

2022: Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif is shot and killed by local police in Kajiado, Kenya. 2022: Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township, Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior Kachin Independence Organisation officials, in the Hpakant massacre. 2015: Hurricane Patricia, the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Western Hemisphere, peaked with maximum sustained winds of 215 mph (345 km/h) south of Mexico. 2011: A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.

What happened on 23 October in Indian history?

1957: A screening of Mother India, one of the most influential Indian films in history, was held for President Rajendra Prasad and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru two days before its release.

Which famous people were born on 23 October?

Prabhas, Telugu film actor (1979); Charly García, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player (1951); Alicia Borinsky, Argentine writer (1946); Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2014) (1937).

Which day is observed on 23 October?

Mole Day (International observance).