Today in History - History - October 23rd

1945Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract

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

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

1812Failed coup against emperor Napoleon

1935Mackenzie King is elected as Prime Minister of Canada for the third time

1681French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg

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

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

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

1941Walt Disney's animation "Dumbo" released

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

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

1844Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis

1959Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew], California, parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun)

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)

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

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