📅 October 23 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on October 23? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1906Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first public airplane flight in Europe
- 1945Jackie Robinson signed with Montreal, starting to break baseball’s color barrier
- 1958The Smurfs first appeared in a comic book
- 1970Gary Gabelich set a land speed record in a rocket car called "The Blue Flame"
- 2001Apple released the iPod music player
🎂 Born on October 23
- ⚽ Pelé (1940) — soccer legend
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October 23 quiz
In what year? ✈️ Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first public airplane flight in Europe
In what year? ⚾ Jackie Robinson signed with Montreal, starting to break baseball’s color barrier
In what year? 💙 The Smurfs first appeared in a comic book
Which famous person was born on October 23?