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What Happened On 23rd October 1978 In History

October 23rd (1978) was a Monday. It's the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days left to the end of the year.

Famous Birthdays on October 23 in 1978

  • » Jimmy Bullard, English footballer
  • » Steve Harmison, English cricketer
  • » Wang Nan (table tennis) named Wang Nan, Chinese table tennis player
  • » Archie Thompson, Australian footballer

October 23rd Famous Deaths for 1978

  • » Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)

October 23rd Holidays in History

  • » Christian Feast Day:
  • » Boethius known as Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
  • » James the Just (Lutheran/Episcopal Church)
  • » John of Capistrano named Giovanni da Capistrano
  • » Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople named Ignatius of Constantinople
  • » Severin of Cologne
  • » October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » Public holidays in Thailand called Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand)
  • » Public holidays in the Republic of Macedonia e.g Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (Republic of Macedonia)
  • » Mole Day (Chemists)

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World History for the 23rd October