September 23

Facts & Historical Events On This Day

2018

A mud volcano near Baku in Azerbaijan erupted.

2018

The Japanese Space Agency sent two robots to explore an asteroid aboard their Hayabusa-2 spacecraft.

2012

A study was published by the journal Nature saying that scientists had identified four distinct types of breast cancer.

2012

Iran blocked access to Google and Gmail due to an anti-Islam movie that triggered protests worldwide.

2009

The American sitcom 'Modern Family' premiered on ABC.

2002

Version 0.1 of the standalone open-source Mozilla Firefox web browser was released.

1994

The American Drama movie 'The Shawshank Redemption' by Frank Darabont was released in the US.

1979

Anti-nuclear protests in New York City, 200,000 showed up, including Jane Fonda.

1962

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.

1930

Johannes Ostermeier patented the flashbulb for cameras.

1889

Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo in Japan.

1879

Inventor Richard Rhodes received the patent for a hearing aid.

1780

British Major John André was captured and searched by three Westchester militiamen near Tarrytown, New York, USA.