Event:
The International Olympic Committee will recognize the Olympic committee of Kosovo despite the country's lack of U.N. membership, setting an unusual precedent and raising protests from Serbia; Kosovo broke away from Serbia in 2008
More Notable Events on October 23:
1991 Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1988 Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate
1983 Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 241 U.S. personnel in Beirut
1915 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding right to vote
1824 1st steam locomotive is introduced
