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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has jurisdiction over district courts in Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.
September 23 in History
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.
September 23 spans 43 recorded events across recorded history, from 38 to 2024. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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Historical Events
43 events
38 – 2024
Today in history
More major events on September 23
The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.
- 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. Source
- 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. Source
- 1459 The Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is won by the Yorkists. Source
Did you know
Thurgood Marshall later became the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States in 1967.
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The Second Circuit is one of thirteen federal appellate courts in the United States.
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The court is headquartered in the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York City.
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals was established on June 16, 1891, as one of the original federal appellate courts.
38
Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.
Fourth decade of the first century AD
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
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
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
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
1561
King Philip II of Spain issues cedula, ordering a halt to colonizing efforts in Florida.
King of Spain (1556–1598) and Portugal (1580–1598)
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.
Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1642–1646)
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.
1775–1783 conflict in North America
1803
Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
Conflict within the Maratha Confederacy involving the British East India Company
1821
Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.
1821 battle and massacre in the Greek War of Independence
1846
Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
French astronomer and mathematician (1811–1877)
1868
The Grito de Lares occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
1868 revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico
1879
The Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society is founded.
Aromanian cultural organization in Romania
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.
Southeastern tip of continental Argentina
1899
Philippine-American War: the American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
Armed Philippine-American conflict (1899–1902)
1905
Norway and Sweden sign the Karlstad Treaty, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
1913
The United Mine Workers of America launch a strike which eventually escalated into the Colorado Coalfield War.
North American labor union
1918
World War I: The Battle of Haifa takes place in present-day Israel, part of the Ottoman Empire at that time.
Global conflict from 1914 to 1918
1920
The Louisiana hurricane dissipates over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages.
Category 2 Atlantic hurricane
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.
Anniversary of the Declaration of the Unification of Saudi Arabia
1942
World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S.
Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
1947
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes South Khorasan in Iran, killing over 500 people.
Earthquake in Iran
1950
Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
1950–1953 conflict on the Korean Peninsula
1951
George VI, king of the United Kingdom, has his left lung removed in an operation after a malignant tumour was found.
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
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.
President of the United States from 1969 to 1974
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.
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.
Rapidly rotating storm system
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.
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.
1964
Typhoon Wilda, one of the strongest typhoons to ever strike Japan, makes landfall, causing at least 30 fatalities and sinking at least 64 ships.
Pacific typhoon in 1964
1967
Seven people die, 46 people are injured, and more than 150 boats capsize when a squall hits Lake Michigan during Michigan's first coho salmon sport fishing season.
Weather event in the United States
1983
Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 112 people on board.
1983 fatal airliner bombing
1999
Qantas Flight 1 overruns a runway in Bangkok during a storm, causing minor injuries to some passengers.
1999 runway excursion accident in Bangkok, Thailand
2004
Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
Country in the Caribbean
2008
Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.
2008 shooting in Finland
2010
Teresa Lewis becomes the first woman to be executed by the U.S.
state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by lethal injection.
2013
Twenty-five people are killed after Typhoon Usagi passes Hong Kong and China.
Pacific typhoon in 2013
2019
Twenty people die on the first of two days of rioting in Papua and West Papua over an alleged racist incident.
Series of protests by Papuans in Indonesian Papua
2020
A grand jury in Kentucky declines to indict three police officers for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in a drug raid gone wrong, leading to nationwide protests in the U.S.
Jury that screens potential prosecutions
2022
Voting begins in the five-day sham annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, leading to Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Process by which a population chooses the holder of a public office
2024
Israel launches airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killing more than 490 people.
Country in West Asia