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Oct 23 1815

Joo Maurcio Wanderley Brazilian magistrate and politician (d. 1889)

Oct 23 1888

Onsime Gagnon Canadian politician (d. 1961)

Oct 23 1893

Ernest Julius pik Kunda Estonian Astronomer and Astrophysicist known for his studies of meteors and the structure and evolution of the cosmos

Oct 23 1896

Andr Lvque French engineer (d. 1930)

Oct 23 1904

Harvey Penick American golfer coach author (World Golf Hall of Fame) born in Austin Texas (d. 1995)

Oct 23 1923

Harold P. Warren American film director (Manos The Hands of Fate) born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1985)

Oct 23 1928

Bella Darvi [Bajla Wgier] Polish actress (The Egyptian Hell and High Water Racers) born in Sosnowiec Poland (d. 1971)

Oct 23 1930

Grard Blain French director and actor (The Friends Hatari) born in Paris France (d. 2000)

Oct 23 1932

Dimitra Arliss [Arlys] American actress (Rich Man Poor Man II The Sting) born in Lorain Ohio (d. 2012)

Oct 23 1935

Chi Chi Rodriguez Puerto Rican golfer (Senior Tournament Players Cship 1986 PGA Senior Cship 1987) born in Rio Piedras Puerto Rico

Oct 23 1937

Yvonne Staples American R&B singer (The Staple Sisters) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2018)

Oct 23 1938

John Heinz American businessman and Republican politician (Senator from Pennsylvania 1977-1991) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1991)

Oct 23 1949

Wrzel [Michael Burston] British musician (Motrhead) born in Cheltenham Gloucestershire England (d. 2011)

Oct 23 1965

Augusten Burroughs [Christopher Richter Robison] American writer (Running with Scissors) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Oct 23 1975

Odalys Garca Cuban actress (Lente Loco) born in Havana Cuba

Oct 23 1979

Jorge Sols Mexican boxer (WBA Super Featherweight title 2010) born in Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico

Oct 23 1503

Isabella of Portugal Queen of Spain and empress of Germany born in Lisbon Portugal (d. 1539)

Oct 23 1516

Charlotte de Valois Princess of France as second daughter of King Francis I and his wife Claude born in Chteau dAmboise France (d. 1524)

Oct 23 1543

Juan de la Cueva Spanish dramatist born in Sevilla Spain (d. 1612)

Oct 23 1634

Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp Queen of Sweden by marriage to Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1654-60) (d. 1715)

Oct 23 1654

Johann Bernhard Staudt Austrian Jesuit composer born in Vienna Austria (d. 1712)

Oct 23 1698

Ange-Jacques Gabriel French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) born in Paris (d. 1782)

Oct 23 1705

Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne Austrian field marshal born in Basel Switzerland (d. 1757)

Oct 23 1713

Pieter Burman the Younger Dutch philologist born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1778)

Oct 23 1715

Peter II Alexeyevich Tsar of Russia (1727-30) born in Saint Petersburg Russia (d. 1730)

Oct 23 1762

Samuel Morey American inventor (early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships) born in Hebron Connecticut (d. 1843)

Oct 23 1766

Emmanuel marquis de Grouchy French general and marshal born in Paris (d. 1847)

Oct 23 1767

H Benjamin Constant [de Rebeque] French politicianwriter

Oct 23 1846

Alexander Arkhangelsky Russian composer born in Penza Russian Empire (d. 1924)

Oct 23 1868

Frederick Lanchester English Engineer who built the first British petrol automobile (1896) born in London England

Oct 23 1886

Lena Blackburne American baseball infielder manager coach (Chicago WS discovered rubbing clay to take the shine off baseballs) born in Clifton Heights Pennsylvania (d. 1968)

Oct 23 1903

Milford Dolliole American pioneer jazz drummer born in New Orleans Louisiana (d. 1994)

Oct 23 1906

Miriam Gideon American composer born in Greeley Colorado (d. 1996)

Oct 23 1915 An estimated 25000 supporters in a womens suffrage march on New Yorks Fifth Ave led by Dr. Anna Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt founder of the League of Women Voters

Oct 23 1923 Giants defeat Baltimore Orioles 9-0 to benefit former Giants owner John Day

Oct 23 1942 During WWII Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein Egypt

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