23 October History and Importance of the Day

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4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher
42 BC - Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide.
425 - Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6.

1086 - Battle of az-Zallaqah: Army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI
1157 - The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.
1520 - King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V
1739 - War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
1814 - 1st plastic surgery is performed (England)
1824 - 1st steam locomotive is introduced


1915 - 25,000 women march in NYC, demanding right to vote
1927 - Town of Netanya Israel founded by Nathan Strauss
1942 - 1st ships of invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk
1942 - During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt
1942 - German units go through Red October-factory in Stalingrad
1944 - Gulf of Leyte battle begin

USA vs Japan

1944 - Soviet army invades Hungary
1945 - Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract
1947 - Husband & wife Dr Carl Cori & Dr Gerty Cori are 1st spouses to be awarded joint Nobel Prizes

1953 - France grants Laos' sovereignty
1953 - German Federal Republic applies to NATO
1953 - WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954 - Britain, England, France & USSR agree to end occupation of Germany
1954 - German Federal Republic joins NATO
1954 - Pakistan governor-general Ghoelan Mohammed disbands parliament
1956 - 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast
1959 - Chinese troops move into India, 17 die
1975 - Battle between Cuba & South Africa troops in Angola
1980 - Soviet PM Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness
1981 - US national debt hits $1 trillion
1989 - Hungary proclaims itself a republic & declares communist rule ended
1997 - Dow Jones drops 186.88 pts
1998 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.

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