Friday 23rd of October 1491

Founder of the Jesuits Ignatius de Loyola is born in Santuario de Loyola, Azpeita, Gipuzkoa, .

Monday 23rd of October 1893

Vaudeville performer Gummo Milton Marx known from the Marx Brothers is born in New York City, New York, United States.

Sunday 23rd of October 1910

King of Siam Rama V aka The Royal Buddha dies of a kidney disease at the age of 57 in Phra Ratcha Wang Dusit, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

Sunday 23rd of October 1921

Inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies of unknown causes at the age of 81 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

Tuesday 23rd of October 1923

21-year-old Dancer, actress, film director and photographer Leni Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl performs her first solo dance performance in Tonhalle, Grafinger Straße 6, München, Bayern, Germany.

Friday 23rd of October 1925

Television host Johnny Carson known for ‘The Tonight Show’ is born in Coming, Iowa, United States.

Sunday 23rd of October 1927

Installation artist Ed Edward Ralph Kienholz is born in Fairfield, Washington, United States.

Friday 23rd of October 1942

Murderer Donald Harry Fearn is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 27 in Colorado State Penitentiary, Cañon City, Colorado, United States.

Fearn received his death sentence for kidnapping, raping, torturing and shooting 16-year-old high school student Alice Porter. Thirty-six hours before the murder Fearn's wife gave birth to their second child.

Monday 23rd of October 1950

Singer, actor and comedian Al Jolson aka The World's Greatest Entertainer dies of a heart attack at the age of 64 in St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, California, United States.

Jolson was playing cards in his suite at the hotel. His last words were said to be "Boys, I'm going."

Monday 23rd of October 1961

Murderer Arthur Schuck is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 45 in Rockview Penitentiary, Benner Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

Monday 23rd of October 1972

9-year-old Wendell Hubbard is stabbed to death and his penis severed by unidentified serial killer Charlie Chop-off in New York, Harlem, New York, United States.

Saturday 23rd of October 1976

20-year-old Carl Denaro is shot in the head by serial killer David Berkowitz aka Son of Sam in Browne Park, New York, Queens, New York, United States.

Denaro survived as his 18-year-old girlfriend Rosemary Keenan quickly started the car and sped away for help. Denaro eventually needed a metal plate to replace a portion of his skull.

Friday 23rd of October 1981

Noise music band Club Moral play their second concert in Cool Gate, Rue Simonis 23, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

Also played: Etat Brut, Pseudocode, Mécanique Végétale.

Friday 23rd of October 1981

26-year-old Stefano Baldi and 24-year-old Susanna Cambi are shot and stabbed to death by Unidentified serial killer Il Mostro di Firenze in Calenzano, Toscana, Italy.

Cambi's pubic area was cut out.

Saturday 23rd of October 1982

19-year-old Steven Crockett is beaten and stabbed to death by serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer in Kankakee, Illinois, United States.

Monday 23rd of October 1989

30-year-old June Stott is abducted, assaulted and strangled by serial killer Arthur Shawcross aka The Genesee River Killer in Rochester, New York, United States.

Stott was found on 23 November in the Genesee Gorge.

Friday 23rd of October 1992

Triple murderer John Starling Gardner is executed by lethal injection at the age of 34 in Raleigh State Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

Gardner's last words were "All I have to say is if more parents would raise their children in God-fearing homes, maybe some of them wouldn't end up in the position I'm in."

Friday 23rd of October 1998

Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd aka The Trunk Murderess dies of natural causes at the age of 93 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

Saturday 23rd of October 2004

Noise music band Club Moral play their 106th concert at the La Belgique 666 Points festival in Ancienne Belgique, Boulevard Anspach 110, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

Also playing were Mirror, Meidert Talma en The Negroes, Tom Barman, Dez Mona, Berg Sans Nipple, Franco Saint De Bakker, Evil Superstars, Dirk Freenoise, Ultracowboy, Darkbrown Feeling, Sickboy, DJ Carlo Andriani(Tune Up), Esther Venrooy, Rudy Trouvé Sextet, Creature With The Atom Brain, Blutch, Der Draaiguitaar, Meeuw presents Jack The Rapper, Darkbrown Feeling, Echokrank, Dj Freaksendfuture, Sukilove, Parallels, I Love Sarah,....

Sunday 23rd of October 2005

One threewheeler helping out another one along the way in Tunnel Warfare Museum, Jiaozhuanghu, Shunyi, China.

Thursday 23rd of October 2014

Musician Alvin Stardust dies of prostate cancer at the age of 72 in London, Muswell Hill, Greater London, United Kingdom.