Birthdays occurring on October, 23

1920

Frank Rizzo was born on October 23, 1920 American mayor (Philadelphia) , 1920-1991 A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before More quotations from Frank Rizzo

1923

Ned Rorem was born on October 23, 1923 American composer, b.1923 The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of More quotations from Ned Rorem

1925

Johnny Carson was born on October 23, 1925 American TV host, 1925-2005 I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself. More quotations from Johnny Carson

Deaths occurring on October, 23

2003

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek died on October 23, 2003 Chinese Head of the Chinese Nationalist Government in exile on Taiwan, 1898-2003 We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past. More quotations from Madame Chiang Kai-Shek