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On September 23, 38: Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.

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Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.

AD 38 (XXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iulianus and Asprenas. The denomination AD 38 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

People

Born on September 23

Lai Kuan-lin 2001– Taiwanese rapper and singer (born 2001)
Song Yu-qi 1999– Chinese singer-songwriter (born 1999)
John Collins 1997– American basketball player (born 1997)
Napheesa Collier 1996– American basketball player (born 1996)
Lee Mi-joo 1994– South Korean singer and entertainer (born 1994)
Bai Lu 1994– Chinese actress (born 1994)
Petteri Lindbohm 1993– Finnish ice hockey player (born 1993)
Angel Garza 1992– Mexican professional wrestler (born 1992)
Lee Alexander 1991– Scottish footballer
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Key 1991– South Korean singer (born 1991)
Melanie Oudin 1991– American tennis player (born 1991)
Brandon Jennings 1989– American basketball player (born 1989)
Taniela Lasalo 1989– Australian rugby league footballer
Juan Martín del Potro 1988– Argentine tennis player (born 1988)
Kairi Sane 1988– Japanese professional wrestler and actress (born 1988)
Yannick Weber 1988– Swiss ice hockey player (born 1988)
Skylar Astin 1987– American actor (born 1987)
Martin Cranie 1986– English footballer (born 1986)

People

Died on September 23

John Elliott Australian businessman (1941–2021)
Nino Vaccarella Italian racing driver (1933–2021)
Juliette Gréco French singer and actress (1927–2020)
Charles Kuen Kao Hong Kong electrical engineer (1933–2018)
Gary Kurtz American film producer (1940–2018)
Jane Fortune American author, journalist and philanthropist
Dayananda Saraswati Hindu monk and teacher (1930–2015)
A. W. Davis American basketball player and coach (1943–2014)
Irven DeVore American anthropologist and evolutionary biologist
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Don Manoukian American football player and wrestler (1934–2014)
Al Suomi American ice hockey player
Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj Syrian Army officer and politician (1925–2013)
Gil Dozier American lawyer, politician, and felon
Ruth Patrick American botanist and limnologist (1907-2013)
Henry Champ Canadian journalist (1937–2012)
Pavel Grachev Soviet general (1948–2012)
Roberto Rodríguez Venezuelan baseball player (1941–2012)
Corrie Sanders South African boxer (1966–2012)

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Every September 23 on record

  1. 38 Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.

    Calendar year

    AD 38 (XXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iulianus and Asprenas. The denomination AD 38 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  2. 1122 Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 1119 to 1124

    Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II, born Guy of Burgundy, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from February 1119 to his death in 1124. His pontificate was shaped by the Investiture Controversy, which he was able to settle through the Concordat of Worms in 1122.

  3. 1338 The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used.

    1338 battle of the Hundred Years' War

    The Battle of Arnemuiden was a naval battle fought on 23 September 1338 at the start of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. It was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first recorded European naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christopher had three cannons and one handgun.

  4. 1409 The Battle of Kherlen is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.

    1409 battle between Northern Yuan and Ming dynasties

    The Battle of Kherlen was fought between the Eastern Mongols and the Ming dynasty at the banks of Kherlen River on the Mongolian Plateau on 23 September 1409.

  5. 1459 The Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is won by the Yorkists.

    1459 battle in the War of the Roses

    The Battle of Blore Heath took place during the English Wars of the Roses on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath, Staffordshire. Blore Heath is a sparsely populated area of farmland two miles east of the town of Market Drayton in Shropshire, and close to the village of Loggerheads, Staffordshire.

  6. 1561 King Philip II of Spain issues cedula, ordering a halt to colonizing efforts in Florida.
  7. 1642 First English Civil War: The Battle of Powick Bridge, the first engagement between the primary field armies of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, ends in a Royalist victory.
  8. 1779 American Revolutionary War: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USS Bonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
  9. 1803 Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
  10. 1821 Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.
  11. 1846 Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
  12. 1868 The Grito de Lares occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
  13. 1879 The Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society is founded.
  14. 1884 On the night of 23–24 September, the steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.
  15. 1899 Philippine-American War: the American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
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  1. 1905 Norway and Sweden sign the Karlstad Treaty, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
  2. 1913 The United Mine Workers of America launch a strike which eventually escalated into the Colorado Coalfield War.
  3. 1918 World War I: The Battle of Haifa takes place in present-day Israel, part of the Ottoman Empire at that time.
  4. 1920 The Louisiana hurricane dissipates over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages.
  5. 1932 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.
  6. 1942 World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
  7. 1947 A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes South Khorasan in Iran, killing over 500 people.
  8. 1950 Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
  9. 1951 George VI, king of the United Kingdom, has his left lung removed in an operation after a malignant tumour was found.
  10. 1952 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.
  11. 1955 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.
  12. 1956 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.
  13. 1957 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.
  14. 1961 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.
  15. 1962 Flying Tiger Line Flight 923, a Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation registered as N6923C, ditches into the Atlantic Ocean killing 28 out the 76 occupants onboard. The remaining 48 were rescued six hours later.

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