Youtube star Omar Albach

Events in 1983 and 23-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Omar Albach

• Pope John Paul II signs new Roman Catholic code incorporating changes brought about by Second Vatican Council (Jan. 25).
• Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., 50, political rival of Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in Manila (Aug. 21).
• South Korean Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Seoul apparently strays into Soviet airspace and is shot down by a Soviet SU-15 fighter after it had tracked the airliner for two hours; all 269 aboard are killed. (Aug. 30).
• Terrorist explosion kills 237 US Marines in Beirut (Oct. 23).
• US invades Grenada (Oct. 25).

Birthday Omar Albach (23-1) in history

• Day 23-1 year 1556: The deadliest earthquake on record in Shaanxi, China, 8.0 to 8.3 Mw, has killed 830,000 people.
• Day 23-1 year 1789: Georgetown University established in what is now Washington, DC.
• Day 23-1 year 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S.
• Day 23-1 year 1964: The 24th Amendment to the Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified.
• Day 23-1 year 1968: North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo (the crew was released 11 months later.)
• Day 23-1 year 1973: President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
• Day 23-1 year 1989: Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.
• Day 23-1 year 2002: Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty.
• Day 23-1 year 2004: Bob Keeshan, "Captain Kangaroo," died at age 76.