Historical events, politics, and related stuff

Two planes hit the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001: 9+11+2+0+0+1 = 23

230 people died on TWA Flight 800.
The two recovered seats from TWA Flight 800 with shrapnel damage were Seats 23J and 23K. The explosion is theorized to have occurred at this location.

April 19th; As in 4-19... 4 + 19 = 23. April 19 is the date the Battle of Lexington, Waco, and the Oklahoma City Bombing... (4+19=23).

August 23, 1305; The day William Wallace, whose life is fictionalized in the movie Braveheart, was executed for treason to the crown by leading a Scottish revolt. Interestingly, this was the pre-cursor to the underground Knights Templar refugees' involvement with Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn.

Over 50% of the national media is owned by 23 major corporations, as reported by Noam Chomsky. To recapitulate... more than half of the information thrust upon the American people is controlled by only 23 corporations.

Bill Clinton's numerical initials are B=2 C=3.

The number of letters in William Jefferson Clinton is 23.

John Dillinger robbed 26 banks, but only 23 for money. Now that's a statement.
2323 Clark St. Chicago, IL: this is the theater where John Dillinger was allegedly shot while leaving after the flick Manhattan Melodrama ended. Also, have you noticed that in most movies hotel room numbers are based on five, with many of them being 23, or some variation that breaks down to 5?

Arthur Flengenheimer (a.k.a. Dutch Schultz) died in a New York hospital on October 23, 1934 and uttered: "A boy has never wept nor dashed a thousand kim... French Canadian bean soup... The bears are in trouble and the sidewalks are in trouble..."

Hiroshima was bombed on August 6, 1945 (8+6+4+5=23).

Adolf Hitler organized the National Socialist Congress on January 23. On November 23 he tried to seize power.

On January 23, 1968 the USS Pueblo was hijacked off of North Korea. The crew was held exactly 11 months until December 23, 1968 when they were released after being beaten by soviets to give back an intercepted USSR message stating plans to start a nuclear war with Red China.

There are exactly 23 plainly visible characters (letters & numbers) on the front of U.S. Coins.

The Articles of Impeachment meant for Richard Nixon were under Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution. In the sweetest irony, Our Beloved First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was one of the young lawyers who helped research the constitutionality of impeaching a reigning President. Nice of her to do all the groundwork for us...

The USA performed 23 tests of atomic detonations at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific.

October 23, 1956; The day the Hungarian revolution began against the Russians. Not to be confused with any of the many previous Hungarian revolutions.

Parliamentary Procedure; 23 votes are required to rescind a Motion.

The Unabomber allegedly hurt or killed 23 people.