October 23rd (2012) was a Tuesday. It's the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days left to the end of the year.
October 23rd Famous Deaths for 2012
» William Joel Blass, American educator, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
» Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (b. 1917)
» Roland de la Poype, French pilot (b. 1920)
» Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (b. 1934)
» Hughie Hay, Scottish footballer
» Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
October 23rd Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Boethius known as Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
» James the Just (Lutheran/Episcopal Church)
» John of Capistrano named Giovanni da Capistrano
» Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople named Ignatius of Constantinople
» Severin of Cologne
» October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Thailand called Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand)
» Public holidays in the Republic of Macedonia e.g Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (Republic of Macedonia)