Daily Calendar for Friday, October 23, 2026
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Friday, October 23, 2026
Born
- Francis Hopkinson Smith (author) –
- John William Heisman (football player) –
- William David Coolidge (physicist) –
- Gertrude Ederle (first woman to swim the English Channel) –
- Johnny Carson (comedian & television host) –
- Pele (soccer player) –
- Michael Crichton (author) –
- Weird Al Yankovic (musician) –
- Doug Flutie (football player) –
- Ryan Reynolds (actor) –
- Masiela Lusha (actress, author) –
Died
- Zane Grey (author) –
- Adolph Green (author & lyricist) –
- Madame Chiang Kai-shek (became one of the world’s most famous women as she helped her husband fight the Japanese during World War II and later the Chinese Communists) –
- Robert Merrill (baritone) –
Events
- 25,000 women marched in New York City demanding the right to vote –
- Charlie Chaplin married Mildred Harris –
- Researchers at the University of Toronto announced the development of an electronic cardiac pacemaker –
- Cumberland mine disaster –
- Garfield the Cat’s lovable teddy bear, Pooky, made his comic strip debut –
Weather
- Flood “swept all the fences off” in Newbury, Vermont –
- Newbury, Vermont, received 12 inches of snow, which stayed until spring –
- 1 foot of snow fell in Haverhill, New Hampshire –
- A hurricane hit Philadelphia, Pennsylvania –
- A tornado hit Cass County, Indiana, around mid-afternoon –
- Major flooding occurred in Chickasha, Oklahoma –
- The Neches River in southeast Texas was 8 feet above flood stage due to heavy rain –
- Hurricane Patricia, a Category 5, became the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western hemisphere, with maximum sustained winds near 200 mph. –