October 23rd, 1972

Born on October 23rd, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 23rd, 1972?

October 23rd, 1972

Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker

October 23rd, 1972

Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ended after five months.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

What else happened on October 23rd?

October 23rd, 2022

Myanmar civil war: Burmese military forces launched airstrikes that killed at least 80 concertgoers in Kachin State.

October 23rd, 2015

Hurricane Patricia, the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Western Hemisphere, peaked with maximum sustained winds of 215 mph (345 km/h) south of Mexico.

October 23rd, 2001

Grand Theft Auto III was released, helping to popularize open-world and mature-content video games.

October 23rd, 1956

The Hungarian Revolution began as a peaceful student demonstration that attracted thousands while marching through central Budapest to the parliament building.

October 23rd, 1942

World War II: Japanese troops began an unsuccessful attempt to recapture Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands from American forces.

October 23rd, 1934

Jeannette Piccard (pictured) piloted a hot-air balloon flight that reached 57,579 feet (17,550 m), becoming the first woman to fly in the stratosphere.

October 23rd, 1906

Alberto Santos-Dumont flew his biplane 14-bis for 50 metres (160 ft) at an altitude of about four metres (13 ft).

October 23rd, 1798

War of the Second Coalition: The Ottoman–Albanian forces of Ali Pasha of Janina defeated French troops and captured the town of Preveza at the Battle of Nicopolis.

October 23rd, 1641

Irish Catholic gentry in Ulster tried to seize control of Dublin Castle, the seat of English rule in Ireland, to force concessions to Catholics.

October 23rd, 1295

The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.

October 23rd, 1157

The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the Danish Civil War.

October 23rd, 1086

Spanish Reconquista: At the Battle of Sagrajas, the Almoravids defeats the Castilians, but are unable to take advantage of their victory.

October 23rd, 0502

The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theoderic, absolves Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.

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

Born on October 23rd, 1972

51

Dominika Paleta

Polish-Mexican actress

*October 23rd, 1972, Kraków

51

Kate del Castillo

Mexican actress

*October 23rd, 1972, Mexico City

51

Tiffeny Milbrett

American soccer player

*October 23rd, 1972, Portland

51

Jimmy Wayne

American singer-songwriter

*October 23rd, 1972, Kings Mountain

51

Bryan Pratt

American politician

*October 23rd, 1972, Blue Springs

51

Eduardo Paret

Baseball player

*October 23rd, 1972, Santa Clara

51

Fabrício Carpi Nejar

Brazilian writer

*October 23rd, 1972, Caxias do Sul

51

Attila Szász

Hungarian director and writer

*October 23rd, 1972, Szolnok

51

Hesham Nazih

Egyptian composer and songwriter

*October 23rd, 1972, Egypt

51

Colin Cameron

Scottish association football player and manager

*October 23rd, 1972, Kirkcaldy

51

Danny Morgan

American politician

*October 23rd, 1972, Prague

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

33

Stan Walker

New Zealand singer, actor, and television personality

*October 23rd, 1990, Melbourne

36

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

26

Apache 207

German rapper

*October 23rd, 1997, Ludwigshafen

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

54

Sanjay Gupta

American neurosurgeon, medical reporter and writer

*October 23rd, 1969, Novi

47

Ryan Reynolds

Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer

*October 23rd, 1976, Vancouver

52

Chris Horner

Road bicycle racer

*October 23rd, 1971, Okinawa

64

"Weird Al" Yankovic

American musician and actor (born 1959)

*October 23rd, 1959, Downey

29

Margaret Qualley

American actress (born 1994)

*October 23rd, 1994, Kalispell

55

LaVar Ball

American businessman and former professional football player

*October 23rd, 1968, Los Angeles

37

Emilia Clarke

English actress, model and writer

*October 23rd, 1986, London

49

Grant Imahara

American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host, and actor (1970–2020)

*October 23rd, 1970, Los Angeles †July 13th, 2020, Los Angeles

54

Trudi Canavan

Australian writer

*October 23rd, 1969, Melbourne

38

Masiela Lusha

American actress and author

*October 23rd, 1985, Tirana

49

Beatrice Faumuina

New Zealand discus thrower

*October 23rd, 1974, Auckland

69

Ang Lee

Taiwanese director, screenwriter and film producer

*October 23rd, 1954, Chaozhou

59

Robert Trujillo

American bass guitarist

*October 23rd, 1964, Santa Monica

70

Hermann Usener

German classical philologist

*October 23rd, 1834, Weilburg †October 21st, 1905, Bonn

53

Linzi Hateley

British actress

*October 23rd, 1970, Birmingham

85

Jim Bunning

American baseball player and politician

*October 23rd, 1931, Southgate †May 26th, 2017, Edgewood

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Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Leap year

Yes: 1972 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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