Today in History - History - October 23rd

1917Lenin speaks against Kamenev, Kollontai, Stalin & Trotsky

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

1812Failed coup against emperor Napoleon

1945Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract

1941Walt Disney's animation "Dumbo" released

1958Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature

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

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

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

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

1844Louis Riel, Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis

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

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

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

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