Saudi National Day: Crown Prince (later king) Faisal of Saudi Arabia, on behalf of Ibn Saud, proclaims the unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the current iteration of the Third Saudi State. Date: September 23, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1932…

World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River. Date: September 23, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II. Date: September 23, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)

George VI, king of the United Kingdom, has his left lung removed in an operation after a malignant tumour was found. Date: September 23, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today)

After being accused of financial improprieties, Senator Richard Nixon delivers his "Checkers speech" nationwide on television and radio, defending his actions and successfully salvaging his nomination as the Republican candidate for Vice President. Date: September 23, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1952…

An all-white jury in Mississippi finds Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam not guilty in the torture-murder of 14-year-old African American boy Emmett Till. Date: September 23, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)

A tropical storm originating in the eastern Pacific Ocean passes into the Gulf of Mexico and is upgraded and named Hurricane Flossy just hours before striking the Gulf Coast and causing 15 deaths and an estimated USD$24.8 million in damages. Date: September 23, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23…

Little Rock schools integration crisis: President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, and federalizes the Arkansas National Guard, ordering both to support the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Date: September 23, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this…

U.S. President John F. Kennedy nominates African American civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, although pro-segregation Southern senators manage to delay his confirmation until September 11, 1962. Date: September 23, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day…