Friday, October 23, 2026

History for October 23

History for October 23 - On-This-Day.com 
Michael Crichton 1942 - Author, director, physician ("Jurassic Park")
  • 1910 - Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight in the United States.
  • 1956 - Hungarian citizens began an uprising against Soviet occupation. On November 4, 1956 Soviet forces enter Hungary and eventually suppress the uprising.
  • 1971 - The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and seat Communist China.
  • 1998 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a breakthrough in a land-for-peace West Bank accord.

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