OCTOBER 23 | Birthday and Events

Notable Birthdays for October 23

Samuel More (1762-1843) - Engineer who was a pioneer in steamships.

John Russell Bartlett (1805-1886) - U.S. Boundary Commissioner responsible for surveying the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico.

Blanchan De Graff Doubleday (1865-1918) - Author and publisher of wild flowers and birds under the name Neltje Blanchan.

John Heisman (1869-1936) - Pioneer in early college football and the person the Heisman Trophy Award is named after.

William D. Coolidge (1873-1975) - Inventor of the modern x-ray tube.

Gilbert N. Lewis (1875-1946) - Chemist who discovered the covalent bond using his own concept (Lewis dot structure) of electron pairs.

Milton "Gummo" Marx (1892-1977) - Comedian with the duo Marx Brothers.

Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003) - First female swimmer to swim the English Channel.

Zellig Harris (1909-1992) - Linguist known for his work in structural linguistics and the discovery of transformational structure in language.

Hayden Rorke (1910-1987) - Actor known for his character Colonel Alfred E. Bellows in I Dream of Genie.

Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) - Architect who designed the Yale Art and Architecture Building.

Bob Montana (1920-1975) - Illustrator and creator of Archie Comics.

Ned Rorem (1923-2022) - Composer said to be one of the leading composers of all time.

Frank Sutton (1923-1974) - Actor who played Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter on Gomer Pyle.

JacSue Kehoe (1935-2019) - Neuroscientist who discovered a neurotransmitter can have multiple types of receptors.

Ellie Greenwich (1940-2009) - Co-songwriter of Da Doo Ron Ron, Then He Kissed Me, and Leader of the Pack.

Brian Ross (1948-Still Living) - Investigative journalist.

Darrell Pace (1956-Still Living) - Olympic archer.

Dwight Yoakam (1956-Still Living) - Country music singer Little Ways, Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose, and Ain't That Lonely Yet.

Michael Eric Dyson (1958-Still Living) - Activist and author of Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X.

Robert Trujillo (1964-Still Living) - Bassist for the hard rock band Metallica.

Augusten Burroughs (1965-Still Living) - Author of Running with Scissors.

Dale Crover (1967-Still Living) - Former drummer of the band Nirvana.

Chris Horner (1971-Still Living) - Professional road racing cyclist.

Meghan McCain (1984-Still Living) - Journalist, author, and daughter to the late John McCain.

Leah Van Dale (1987-Still Living) - WWE female wrestler named Carmella in the ring.

Memorable Events for October 23

1850 - The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1684 - English King Charles II revokes the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter trading with other countries.

1760 - First Jewish prayer books printed.

1819 - The first ship sails through the Erie Canal to Utica.

1910 - The first woman (Blanche Scott) flies at a public event at Fort Wayne, Indiana.

1915 -The first National Horseshoe Tournament is held at Kellerton, Iowa.

1923 - Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a rival Giants uniform.

1923 - Sebastian Hinton receives a patent for a playground climbing structure known monkey bars.

1932 - The radio comedy program The Fred Allen Show airs.

1933 - The John Dillinger gang rob t$75,000 from the Central National Bank in Greencastle, Indiana.

1934 - Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen set the record for their hot air balloon flying 10.9 miles over Lake Erie.

1941 - Dumbo is released by Walt Disney.

1945 - Jackie Robinson signs contract with Montreal Royals, the minor league team of Brooklyn Dodgers.

1947 - NAACP submits a petition on racism to the UN entitled An Appeal to the World.

1956 - First video recording on magnetic tape televised across the country.

1964 - Champion boxer Joe Frazier beats German Hans Huber for the Olympic heavyweight gold medal.

1973 - President Nixon turns over White House tape recordings to the judge.

1984 - The Ethiopianfamine is aired on NBC via the BBC.

2001 - The iPod is released by Apple.

2007 - Astronaut Pamela Melroy becomes the second female space shuttle commander.

2019 - Google claims it has achieved Quantum Supremacy.