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This is a list of selected October 23 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

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Blurb Reason
National Day in Hungary (1956); unreferenced section
Chulalongkorn Memorial Day in Thailand refimprove; cleanup required
42 BCERoman Republican civil wars: At the Second Battle of Philippi, Brutus's army was decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. no footnotes
425Valentinian III became emperor of the Western Roman Empire at the age of six. unreferenced section
1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England was signed in Paris. Unref sections
1642 – The Battle of Edgehill, the first pitched battle of the First English Civil War between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, was fought to an inconclusive result near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire. refimprove
1739 – The War of Jenkins' Ear between Great Britain and Spain began, spurred on by the severing of Robert Jenkins's ear. unreferenced section
1812 – General Claude François de Malet began a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he was now the commandant of Paris. lots of CN tags (6)
1953Alto Broadcasting System in the Philippines made the first television broadcast in Southeast Asia on DZAQ-TV. ref improve section
1958 – In his comic series Johan and Peewit in the weekly magazine Spirou, Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced a new set of small sky blue characters known as the Smurfs. refimprove section
1982 – An attempt to arrest members of a "cult-like" church in Miracle Valley, Arizona, led to a shootout in which two church members were killed and seven police officers were injured. refimprove section
1983Lebanese Civil War: Suicide bombers destroyed two barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen, 58 French paratroopers of the international peacekeeping force, and 6 civilians. primary sources
1989 – A massive explosion and fire ripped through the Phillips 66 Houston Chemical Complex, killing 23 employees and injuring 314 others. lead too short
2001 – The iPod, the line of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple, was launched. unreferenced section
2002Chechen separatists seized a crowded theater in Moscow, taking approximately 700 patrons and performers hostage, at least 130 of whom were later killed. Lots of cn
Anne Oldfield |d|1730 refimprove section
Fred Shero |b|1925| birthday not cited
Stella Obasanjo |d|2005 Too much uncited

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October 23: Shemini Atzeret begins at sunset (Judaism); Mole Day

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