September 23 in History

Historical Events on September 23

1568 Spanish naval forces rout an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.

1779 American Revolution: John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.

1889 Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.

1942 World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.

1943 World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.

1950 Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282: The first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II occurs.

1980 Bob Marley plays what would be his last concert in Pittsburgh.

2002 The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.

2004 Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.

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Famous Birthdays on September 23

63 BC Augustus

1949 Bruce Springsteen

1974 Matt Hardy

1988 Juan Martín del Potro

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Famous Deaths on September 23

1835 Vincenzo Bellini

1939 Sigmund Freud

1973 Pablo Neruda

1994 Robert Bloch

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