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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.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
National Day in Hungary (1956); unreferenced section, refimprove section
Labour Day in New Zealand (2017); refimprove 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. lead too short
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 declared war on Spain, 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
1906Early flight: Alberto Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis aircraft for 60 metres (200 ft) at a height of two to three metres (10 ft). Santos-Dumont: refimprove section; 14-bis: expansion
1942World War II: Japanese forces began their ill-fated attempt to recapture Henderson Field from the Americans. TFA for 2018
1953Alto Broadcasting System in the Philippines made the first television broadcast in Southeast Asia on DZAQ-TV. multiple issues
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
1972Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ended after five months. unreferenced section
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

Eligible

October 23: Mole Day

Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis

Sweyn III of Denmark (d. 1157) · Ludwig Leichhardt (b. 1813) · Soong Mei-ling (d. 2003)

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