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September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years ). There are 99 days remaining. Also an important date in pagan history celebrating fall.
Events 490 BC - Battle of Marathon ; origin of marathon long-distance race (run by Phidippides )1122 - Concordat of Worms 1459 - The Battle of Blore Heath . The first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses , fought at Blore Heath, in Staffordshire , England 1529 - Siege of Vienna begins as Suleiman II begins his attack on the city.1642 - First commencement exercises occur at Harvard University .1779 - USS Bonhomme Richard John Paul Jones , wins a fight against the British ships of war Serapis Countess of Scarborough off the coast of England 1780 - British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by American soldiers1803 - Battle of Assaye 1806 - Lewis and Clark return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest.1845 - The Knickerbocker Baseball Club , the first professional baseball team, is founded in New York .1846 - Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams ; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle 1868 - Grito de Lares (Lares Revolt) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.1875 - William Bonney ("Billy the Kid") is arrested for the first time.1884 - Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.1912 - First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" is released.1922 - Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament.1932 - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1941 - First gas experiments at Auschwitz 1952 - Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers" speech1962 - The Jetsons aired for the first time.1969 - The Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago, Illinois 1973 - Juan Peron returns to power in Argentina 1981 - Jack Henry Abbott , best-selling author, is arrested for murder1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations .1983 - Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first boxing world heavyweight champion ever to come from Africa when he knocks out defending WBA champion Michael Dokes in Akron, Ohio .1993 - Sonic the Hedgehog CD is released for the Sega Mega-CD in Japan .1999 - NASA announces that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter .2002 - Mozilla Firefox (Phoenix) web browser is born: version 0.12004 - At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne .
Births 480 BC - Euripides , playwright (d. 406 BC )63 BC - Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar AD 1158 - Geoffrey Plantagenet , Duke of Brittany 1650 - Jeremy Collier , English bishop (d. 1726 )1713 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain 1800 - William McGuffy , educator (McGuffy's Readers 1838 - Victoria Woodhull , suffragist (d. 1927 )1852 - William Stewart Halsted , surgeon (d. 1922 )1863 - Mary Eliza Church Terrell , U.S. writer, social reformer (d. 1954 )1865 - Baroness Emmuska Orczy , novelist (d. 1947 )1889 - Walter Lippmann , journalist1895 - Johnny Mokan , basball player (d. 1985 )1897 - Walter Pidgeon , actor (d. 1984 )1899 - Louise Nevelson , artist1911 - Frank Moss , U.S. Senator Utah 1916 - Aldo Moro , Italian politician (d. 1978 )1920 - Mickey Rooney , actor1926 - John Coltrane , saxophonist, composer (d. 1967 )1930 - Ray Charles , U.S. R&B and jazz musician, singer (d. 2004 )1931 - Gerald Stairs Merrithew , educator, statesman1931 - Pat Suzuki , actor 1938 - Romy Schneider , actress (d. 1982 )1939 - Roy Buchanan , U.S. guitarist (d. 1988 )1939 - Janusz Gajos , Polish actor 1942 - Sila María Calderón , Governor of Puerto Rico 1943 - Julio Iglesias , singer1945 - Paul Petersen , actor1946 - Franz Fischler , politician1947 - Mary Kay Place , actor1949 - Bruce Springsteen , singer, songwriter1958 - Marvin Lewis , American football coach1959 - Jason Alexander , actor1959 - Lita Ford , singer, guitarist 1959 - Elizabeth Peña , actress 1970 - Ani Difranco , musician1974 - Harumi Inoue , Japenese actress, model, pop idol1975 - Jaime Bergman , American model and actress1984 - Anneliese van der Pol , actress1997 - Ahmed Bashein , athlete
Deaths 918 - King Conrad I of Germany 1241 - Snorri Sturluson , Icelandic historian, poet and politician1573 - Azai Hisamasa - Japanese warlord (b. 1524 )1835 - Vincenzo Bellini , composer1870 - Prosper Mérimée , author1873 - Jean Chacornac , astronomer (b. 1823 )1889 - Wilkie Collins , author1900 - William Marsh Rice , philanthropist, university founder1939 - Sigmund Freud , psychiatrist (b. 1856)1943 - Elinor Glyn , English author (b. 1864)1950 - Sam Barry , Hall of Fame basketball coach1973 - Pablo Neruda , poet (b. 1904 )1974 - Cliff Arquette , comedian, actor1987 - Bob Fosse , dancer, choreographer, actor1988 - Tibor Sekelj , Croat explorer (b. 1912 )1994 - Robert Bloch , author1998 - Mary Frann , actress2000 - Carl Rowan , U.S. journalist (b. 1925)2002 - Vernon Corea , broadcaster, pioneer of Radio Ceylon/BBC 2004 - Andre Hazes , Dutch singer
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September 23rd (3372 words)
September 1779 , a serious naval engagement took place on the coast of Yorkshire, H.M.S. Serapis and Countess of Scarborough being the ships on the one side, and a squadron under the command of the celebrated adventurer Paul Jones on the other. September , Jones, on board of his vessel the Bon Homme Richard (so called after his friend Benjamin Franklin), descried the fleet in question, with its escort, advancing north-north-east, and numbering forty-one sail. It was found, under the date of September 23, 1673, in an old memorandum-book; that had belonged to a certain Paul Bowes, Esq., of the Middle Temple.
23rd Battalion AIF (601 words)
The 23rd Battalion was raised in Victoria in March 1915 as the third battalion of the 6th Brigade. After manning the front line throughout the bleak winter of 1916–17, the battalion’s next trial came at the second battle of Bullecourt in May. After the failure of the first attempt to capture this town, by troops of the 4th Australian Division, this new attack was heavily rehearsed. The 23rd Battalion succeeded in capturing all of its objectives, and holding them until relieved, but, subjected to heavy counter-attacks, the first day of this battle was the battalion’s single most costly of the war.
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