September 23rd, 1943

Born on September 23rd, 1943

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What happened on September 23rd?

September 23rd, 2019

The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.

September 23rd, 2016

Following a number of high-profile sexual assaults, major reforms were enacted to strengthen laws related to rape in Germany.

September 23rd, 2010

Teresa Lewis became the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by lethal injection.

September 23rd, 2008

A gunman shot and killed ten students at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences in Kauhajoki, Finland, before committing suicide.

September 23rd, 1952

U.S. vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered the Checkers speech (pictured), one of the first political uses of television to appeal directly to the populace.

September 23rd, 1920

The Louisiana hurricane dissipated over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages.

September 23rd, 1913

The United Mine Workers of America begin a strike against the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, sparking the deadly and protracted Colorado Coalfield War.

September 23rd, 1884

The French steamship Arctique ran aground on the northern coast of Cape Virgenes in Argentina; gold was discovered during the rescue effort, triggering the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.

September 23rd, 1803

Maratha troops were defeated by forces of the British East India Company at the Battle of Assaye, one of the decisive battles of the Second Anglo-Maratha War.

September 23rd, 1780

American Revolutionary War: British officer John André was captured by Patriot forces, thereby revealing a plot by Continental Army general Benedict Arnold to hand over West Point, New York.

September 23rd, 1642

First English Civil War: The Battle of Powick Bridge, the first engagement between the primary field armies of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, ended in a Royalist victory.

September 23rd, 1122

Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman emperor Henry V agreed to the Concordat of Worms (pictured), ending the Investiture Controversy.

September 23rd, 2008

Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.

September 23rd, 2004

Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.

September 23rd, 1983

Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 23rd

Born on September 23rd, 1943

80

Julio Iglesias

Spanish singer

*September 23rd, 1943, Madrid

80

Tanuja

Indian film actress

*September 23rd, 1943, Mumbai

80

Gaby Dohm

Austrian actress

*September 23rd, 1943, Salzburg

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 23rd?

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

37

Kaylee DeFer

American actress

*September 23rd, 1986, Tucson

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

69

George C. Wolfe

American playwright

*September 23rd, 1954, Frankfort

45

Anthony Mackie

American actor

*September 23rd, 1978, New Orleans

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

61

Indra Gunawan

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1947, Surakarta City †June 7th, 2009

64

Jason Alexander

American actor, comedian, director and television host

*September 23rd, 1959, Newark

40

Emma Johansson

Swedish road racing cyclist

*September 23rd, 1983, Sollefteå

88

Prem Chopra

Indian actor

*September 23rd, 1935, Lahore

93

Mickey Rooney

American actor (1920–2014)

*September 23rd, 1920, Brooklyn †April 6th, 2014, Studio City

73

Ray Charles

American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004)

*September 23rd, 1930, Albany †June 10th, 2004, Beverly Hills

79

Eric Bogle

Scottish born Australian folk musician

*September 23rd, 1944, Peebles

47

Anya Marina

American musician

*September 23rd, 1976, Ann Arbor

77

Sisse Reingaard

Danish actress, born in 1946

*September 23rd, 1946, Copenhagen

66

Kumar Sanu

Indian playback singer

*September 23rd, 1957, Kolkata

90

John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr

Scottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (1880-1971)

*September 23rd, 1880, Kilmaurs †June 25th, 1971, Brechin

76

Caroline Lagerfelt

American actress

*September 23rd, 1947, Paris

93

Carl-Henning Pedersen

Danish artist (1913-2007)

*September 23rd, 1913, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2007, Copenhagen

39

Anneliese van der Pol

American actress and singer

*September 23rd, 1984, Amsterdam

Same year
Born in 1943

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

80

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Valerie Perrine

American actress

*September 3rd, 1943, Galveston

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

79

Mary Woronov

American actress and author

*December 8th, 1943, Palm Beach

80

Michael Morpurgo

British children's writer

*October 5th, 1943, St Albans

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Jerry Bruckheimer

American film and television producer

*September 21st, 1943, Detroit

79

Ben Kingsley

English actor

*December 31st, 1943, Snainton

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

69

Klaus Köste

East German gymnast (1943-2012)

*February 27th, 1943, Frankfurt (Oder) †December 14th, 2012, Wurzen

79

John Kerry

American politician and diplomat (born 1943)

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

80

John Leeson

English actor

*March 16th, 1943, Leicester

80

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

80

Holland Taylor

American actress

*January 14th, 1943, Philadelphia

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

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Born on September 23rd, 1943
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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