Events for October 23

October 23, 1917

John Boyd Dunlop Scottish inventor of the pneumatic rubber tire died.

Born into a farming family in Dreghorn in Ayrshire, John Boyd Dunlop was a veterinary surgeon by profession, having qualified at Edinburgh Veterinary College (now part of Edinburgh University ) when he was only 19. He worked as a vet in Edinburgh for n

October 23, 1940

Poet and dramatist Tom McGrath born in Rutherglen.

October 23, 1766

Birth of John Claudius Beresford, banker, MP, and controversial figure in 1798 rebellion, during which he was alleged to have flogged suspects at his riding house in Marlborough Street, Dublin; the slogan Mangling done here gratis by Beresford and Co. w

October 23, 1771

Benjamin Franklin ends his visit to Ireland