What happened on the 23rd?

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         January 23, 1812.  Mammoth earthquake strikes New Madrid, MO.

         February 23, 1836. Siege of the Alamo begins.

         March 23, 1066. Perihelion of Halley’s Comet.

         April 23, 1985.  New Coke is released. Discontinued in July of 2002.

         May 23, 1934. Bonnie and Clyde killed in a shootout with police.

         June 23, 930. Iceland establishes the Alþingi, the World's oldest parliament .

         July 23, 1904. Ice Cream Cone invented for the Saint Louis World’s Fair.

         August 23, 1960. World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea).

         September 23, 1952.  Nixon’s Checker’s speech.

         October 23, 42BC.  Brutus, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar, defeated in battle and commits suicide.

         November 23, 1887. Notre Dame loses its first football game, 7-0, to Michigan.

         December 23, 1888. Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear with a razor, after an argument with fellow painter Paul Gauguin, and sends it to a prostitute for safe keeping.

         

         Source: http://onthisday.com/