Browse Historical Events by Day: What Happened on October 23rd?

Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the conspirators in the assassination of Julius Caesar dies by suicide after being defeated in battle by Antony in Philippi. Greece.

The Eddystone Lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall, England, is completely destroyed by a storm.

Apple introduces the iPod, revolutionizing the way people listen to music.

Some 40 Chechen militants burst into the Dubrovka Theater during the performance of a popular musical and take hundreds of audience members, actors, and staff hostage, demanding the withdrawal of troops from Russia's Chechnya region. It ended 57 hours later, when security forces stormed the building after pumping in toxic gas that neutralized the attackers but led to the deaths of as many as 174 hostages. More