23.

FOR THE MATH NERDS aka ASIANS.

--» it's the ninth prime number. as well as the fifth factorial prime, the fifth sophie germain prime, the fourth safe prime, the second woodall prime & second smarandache-wellin prime. it is an eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n-1.

FOR THE SCIENCE GEEKS.

--» the atomic number of vanadium.
--» the number of chromosomes in a human germline cell.

AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

--» michael jordan's number before he left the bulls the first time - and the number was retired. (he came back to win three more wearing the #45, but picked up 23 again when he went to the wizards.)
--» david beckham's real madrid number. influenced by aforementioned air jordan.
--» a telegraphers' code meaning "line break".
--» when mathematician john forbes nash suffered from schizophrenic delusions, he said that like magazine had run a cover story of his disguised as pope john xxiii as his name was john and his favorite prime number was 23.
--» US catchphrase "23, skidoo" is thought to have come from charles dickens' a tale of two cities when a woman counts guillotine victims. #23 is the hero sydney carton who's beheaded in the last act.
--» the floor that both jonathan trager & sara thomas push at the waldorf astoria in serendipity.
--» the german movie 23 explored an obsession with the number, based on a real-life story.
--» roman emperor julius caesar was stabbed 23 times when he was assassinated.
--» jennie's favorite number.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY.

[1189] -- england's king richard i (the lion-hearted) crowned in westminster.
[1651] -- english civil war: battle of worcester - charles ii of england is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
[1783] -- treaty of paris signed to end the american revolutionary war.
[1838] -- frederick douglass boards a train departing maryland to escape slavery dressed in a sailor's uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a free black seaman.
[1939] -- world war ii: france, the uk, new zealand & australia declare war on germany.
[1967] -- sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right.
[1976] -- the viking 2 spacecraft lands on utopia planitia on mars and takes the first close-up color photos of the planet's surface.
[1977] -- sadaharu oh hits the 756th home run of his career to surpass hank aaron's total.
[1986] -- in a two-day 18-inning marathon the cubs and astros set a major-league record by usinig 53 players, including 17 pitchers, tying the number used three weeks ago. chicago loses 8-7 on billy hatcher's homer in the top of the 18th.
[1994] -- russia & china agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
[2004] -- beslan school massacre - killing approximately 344 teachers and students.

BIRTHS.

[1971] -- chabeli iglesias (julio's daughter. sweet.)
[1965] -- charlie scheen (actor)
[1955] -- steve jones (sex pistols)
[1875] -- ferdinand porsche (automotive engineer)
[1856] -- louis h. sullivan (architect, chicago auditorium theater)
[1757] -- charles x (duke of prussia)

DEATHS.

[2001] -- thuy trang (27) ya kno, the yellow power ranger.
[1991] -- frank capra (94)
[1970] -- vince lombardi (57)
[1969] -- ho chi minh (79)
[1963] -- ee cummings (67)