This Day, October 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z”L
OCTOBER 23 521 BCE (17thof Tishrei):The first Babylonian record of Nebuchadnezzar III the usurper who challenged the rule of Darius, the Persian ruler under whose reign the building of the Second Temple began. 42 BCE: The army of Marcus Junius Brutus …