TODAY IN HISTORY – 23rd Oct, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS
By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.
Today in history has assigned that since the study of past events is not a burden on the memory, then it is an illumination of the soul.
And this understanding of history helps us to know that what we do is not just a collection of facts to remember, but rather a source of insight and understanding that can enlighten and transform us.
For your viewing pleasure, behold some interesting events that took place on this day in time’s past.
Remarkably on this day, 4004 BC recorded James Ussher’s calculated First day of the world based on the Old Testament. Creation, he believed, occurred at what would have been nightfall on the previous day.
On this day in 1850, the first National Women’s Rights Convention began in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Still on this day in 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont flew an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.
According to Today in History, on this day in 1911, the Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.
Today in History also reveals that on this day in 1958, Canada’s Springhill mining disaster killed seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others were rescued.
Today in History has also shown that on this day in 1958, Belgian artist Peyo’s comic characters, the Smurfs, made their debut in Spirou magazine.
Today in History equally shows that on this day in 1970, Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
Amazingly on this day in 2001, Apple Computer releases the iPod.
Interestingly too, on this day in 2007, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.
Sadly, on this day in 2011, Motorcycle racer Marco Simoncelli dies in a racing accident at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Regrettably on the home soil, it was on this day in 2005 that the nation was thrown into mourning following the sudden death of the First Lady, Chief (Mrs.) Stella Obasanjo. Aged 59, the wife of President Olusegun Obasanjo passed away in Marbella, Spain, following complications from a cosmetic surgery procedure, just days before her 60th birthday.
Today is Mole Day (International observance)
Arise, shine, for thy light has come… You’re the point man ~ keep pointing in the right direction!
Today in History.
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