October 23: Facts & Historical Events On This Day

The biographic drama movie “Bohemian Rhapsody,” about Freddie Mercury, premiered at Wembley Arena in London, UK.

English singer-songwriter Adele achieved the record of the first song to get over 1 million downloads in a week with her third studio album “Hello.”

The James Bond spy movie “Skyfall,” starring Daniel Craig, premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.

Apple’s iPod hit store shelves.

The first-generation iPod enabled customers to store up to 1,000 songs on their small music MP3 player.

Britney Spears’s first single, “Baby One More Time,” was released.

Elton John became the 1,662nd person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Smurfs were published for the first time in Spirou magazine in Belgium.

Walt Disney’s animated Dumbo was released in New York City, New York, US.

The bank robber John Dillinger and his gang robbed $75,000 from the Central National Bank in Greencastle, Indiana.

More than 25,000 people marched down New York’s 5th Avenue supporting women’s suffrage.

Led by Dr. Anna Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voters, it would be another five years before their success was found.

The first major battle of the First English Civil War began near Edge Hill, Warwickshire.

The Battle of Edgehill was a pitched battle between the forces of King Charles and the English Parliament. Neither side gained any decisive advantage, with both sustaining heavy losses.

God created the world, at least according to Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh.

In the 17th century, scientists weren't the only ones starting to ponder the beginnings of the universe. Ussher, the head of the Anglican Church of Ireland at the time, attempted to calculate the dates of many important events described in the Old Testament. His calculations, which he published in 1650, were not that far off from many other estimates made at the time. Sir Isaac Newton, for example, believed that the world was created in 4000 BC.