Daily Calendar for October 23rd, 2017

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1830s

• Born 1838: Francis Hopkinson Smith (author)

1860s

• Born 1869: John William Heisman (football player)

1870s

• Born 1873: William David Coolidge (physicist)

1900s

• Born 1905: Gertrude Ederle (first woman to swim the English Channel)

1910s

• 1915: 25,000 women marched in New York City demanding the right to vote

• 1918: Charlie Chaplin married Mildred Harris

1920s

• Born 1925: Johnny Carson (comedian & television host)

1930s

• Died 1939: Zane Grey (author)

1940s

• Born 1940: Pele (soccer player)

• Born 1942: Michael Crichton (author)

1950s

• 1950: Researchers at the University of Toronto announced the development of an electronic cardiac pacemaker

• Born 1955: Weird Al Yankovic (musician)

• 1958: Cumberland mine disaster

1960s

• Born 1962: Doug Flutie (football player)

1970s

• Born 1976: Ryan Reynolds (actor)

• 1978: Garfield the Cat's lovable teddy bear, Pooky, made his comic strip debut

1980s

• Born 1985: Masiela Lusha (actress, author)

2000s

• Died 2002: Adolph Green (author & lyricist)

• Died 2003: Madame Chiang Kai-shek (became one of the world's most famous women as she helped her husband fight the Japanese during World War II and later the Chinese Communists)

• Died 2004: Robert Merrill (baritone)

2010s

• 2014: Partial Eclipse of the Sun.