TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2018

On this day in history:

1823 - Oxley departs Sydney to search north for a site for a new settlement, eventually discovering Moreton Bay.

1861 - South Australian John McKinlay’s relief expedition to locate Burke and Wills finds the burial site of party member Charles Gray

1942 - During World War II, the British began a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein, Egypt.

1944 - During World War II, the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.

1946 - The United Nations General Assembly convened in New York for the first time.

1956 - Hungarian citizens began an uprising against Soviet occupation. On November 4, 1956 Soviet forces enter Hungary and eventually suppress the uprising.

1958 - Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He was forced to refuse the honor because of negative Soviet reaction. Pasternak won the award for writing Dr Zhivago.

1965 - Canberra, capital city of Australia, begins operation of its first two sets of traffic lights.

1971 - The UN General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and seat Communist China.

1976 - Much of southern Australia experiences a total solar eclipse.

1978 - China and Japan formally ended four decades of hostility when they exchanged treaty ratifications.

1980 - The resignation of Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin was announced.

1989 - Hungary became an independent republic, after 33 years of Soviet rule.

1992 - Japanese Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese emperor to stand on Chinese soil.

1998 - Japan nationalised its first bank since World War II. Birthdays

Gertrude Ederle 1906 Swimmer

James Daly 1918 - Actor Wilson Anthony “Boozoo” Chavis 1930 - Musician Diana Dors 1931 - Actress Juan “Chi-Chi” Rodriguez 1935

Charlie Foxx 1939 - Singer, musician