Born on October 23
October 23 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 23, you share a birthday with Pelé, Paul Kagame and Emilia Clarke. October 23 babies are Libra, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 23 is the 297th day of the year in leap years (296th in other years).
Famous people born on October 23
- 1940Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor
- 1957Paul Kagame, Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda
- 1986Emilia Clarke, English actress
- 1959"Weird Al" Yankovic, American comedy musician, writer, and actor
- 1976Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor and producer
- 1985Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress, poet, and humanitarian
- 1942Michael Crichton, American author and screenwriter
- 1954Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1905Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1908Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on October 23
- 1850The inaugural National Women's Rights Convention, presided over by American activist Paulina Wright Davis, began in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 1906Alberto Santos-Dumont flew his biplane 14-bis for 50 metres (160 ft) at an altitude of about four metres (13 ft).
- 1934Jeannette Piccard piloted a hot-air balloon flight that reached 57,579 feet (17,550 m), becoming the first woman to fly in the stratosphere.
- 1945Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers' minor league team, the Montreal Royals, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier.
- 1955The State of Vietnam voted in a referendum to become a republic.
- 1955The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with West Germany instead of France.
- 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.
- 1958Belgian artist Peyo's comic characters, the Smurfs, make their debut in Spirou magazine.
- 1970Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
- 1989The Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic.
- 1995The runway show for Alexander McQueen's collection The Hunger was staged at London's Natural History Museum.
- 1998Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum.
Also observed on October 23
- Mole Day (International observance)
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 23?
People born on October 23 are Libra. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 23?
Pelé (1940), Paul Kagame (1957), Emilia Clarke (1986), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), Ryan Reynolds (1976), Masiela Lusha (1985) were all born on October 23.
What happened on October 23 in history?
Among other things: in 1989, The Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic; in 1995, The runway show for Alexander McQueen's collection The Hunger was staged at London's Natural History Museum; in 1998, Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 23?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 23 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 23”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.