Today in History - History - October 23rd

1998Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.

1642Battle of Edgehill (Warwickshire): King Charles I beat English parliamentarian forces

1812Failed coup against emperor Napoleon

1978Sid Vicious attempts suicide while at Riker's Detention Center in NYC

1933John Dillinger and his gang rob Central National Bank, in Greencastle, Indiana. They take $75, 000

1993Joe Carter (Toronto Blue Jays) hits a World Series winning walk-off home run against the Philadelphia Phillies

1963Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" premieres in NYC

2008Joe Sakic scores his final career goal (#625) against the Edmonton Oilers

1941Walt Disney's animation "Dumbo" released

1958Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature

1869John Heisman, Cleveland Ohio, American pioneering football coach/trophy namesake

1844Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis

63 BCMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman general (Battle of Actium) (or 64 BC)

1942Michael Crichton, Chicago, novelist (Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker), (d. 2008)

2010Singer-songwriter Katy Perry (25) weds actor-comedian Russell Brand (35) at luxury resort Aman-i-Khas in Northern India

1918Actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17)

1957Christian Dior, French designer (New Look), dies at 52 of a heart attack

1978Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69