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What happened in history on this day: September 23?
On September 23 in ...
- 1777 - The Liberty Bell is moved to Allentown, Pennsylnavia, to keep it safe from the British.
- 1779 - American John Paul Jones' Bon Homme Richard defeats HMS Serepis.
- 1780 - British Major John Andre is apprehended as a spy, near Tarrytown, New York.
- 1833 - Roger B. Taney takes office as US Treasury Secretary.
- 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is published in Northern newspapers.
- 1863 - Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins.
- 1897 - First frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene, Wyoming).
- 1899 - In Cape Yakataga, Alaska, a magnitude 6.9 - 7.0 earthquake occurs.
- 1912 - First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released.
- 1947 - The Mounds Club in Cleveland, Ohio, is robbed by ten armed hooded men, taking an estimated $250,000 to $500,000.
- 1949 - US President Harry Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation.
- 1961 - The US Senate confirms Eva B. Adams as director of the Mint.
- 1962 - New York's Philharmonic Hall (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as first unit of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
- 1970 - Thomas Wolfe, director of the Office of Domestic Gold and Silver Operations, announces to the American Metal Market Forum in New York City that Treasury withdrew and melted 200 million ounces of silver dimes and quarters from circulation since July 1967.
- 1974 - The Fort Knox Bullion Depository gold supply is examined by Congress and the press.
- 1979 - Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, New York City.
- 1983 - Katherine Davalos Ortega begins term as US Treasurer.
- 1992 - 928th and last nuclear bomb test in the USA.
- 1995 - Argentine national Guillermo "Bill" Gaede is arrested in Phoenix, Arizona on charges of industrial espionage. His sales to Cuba, China, North Korea and Iran are believed to have involved Intel and Advanced Micro Devices trade secrets worth US$10-20 million.
- 2004 - Mount Saint Helens in Washington state, USA, becomes active again.
- 2004 - Tropical Storm Ivan, having come around and reformed in the Gulf of Mexico, makes its final landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, to little effect. In total, the storm will kill 92 people.
- 2010 - Video chain Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with a plan to cut debt from near $1 billion down to $100 million, and giving a group of bondholders led by billionaire Carl Icahn and hedge funds a controlling stake in the company.
Births on September 23
- 1838 - Birth of Victoria Chaflin in Woodhull, Ohio, USA; feminist/reformer/free love/first female presidential candidate.
- 1870 - Birth of John Lomax in Mississippi, USA; folk song collector/ethnomusicologist.
- 1889 - Birth of Walter Lippmann in New York City, New York, USA; journalist/political writer (Men of Destiny).
- 1920 - Birth of Mickey Rooney in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Bill, Andy Hardy, Sugar Babies, Black Stallion, One of the Boys).
- 1930 - Birth of Ray Charles Robinson in Albany, Georgia, USA; singer/pianist ("Georgia").
- 1944 - Birth of Loren J Shriver in Iowa, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (STS 51-C, STS-31, sk:46).
- 1945 - Birth of Paul Petersen in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Jeff Stone - The Donna Reed Show).
- 1947 - Birth of Mary Kay Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actress/country singer (Mary Hartman!, West Wing).
- 1949 - Birth of Bruce Springsteen in Asbury, New Jersey, USA; rock musician ("Born in the USA").
- 1955 - Birth of Patti Weaver in West Virginia, USA; actress (Days of Our Lives, Gina - The Young and the Restless).
- 1956 - Birth of Maren Jensen in Arcadia, California, USA; actress (Athena - Battlestar Galactica).
Deaths on September 23
- 1998 - Death of Mary Frann at age 55 of apparent heart failure at her home in Beverly Hills, California, USA; actress (Newhart).
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