September 23 in history: • 1803 – Maratha troops were defeated by forces of the British East India Company at the Battle of Assaye, one of the decisive battles of the Second Anglo-Maratha War. → go there • 1884 – The French steamship Arctique ran aground on the northern coast of Cape Virgenes in Argentina; gold was discovered during the rescue effort, triggering the Tierra del Fuego Gold Rush. → go there • 1983 – Flying from Pakistan, Gulf Air Flight 771 was blown up by the Abu Nidal Organization while on approach over the United Arab Emirates, killing all 112 people on board. → go there • 1997 – Irish rock band U2 performed in Sarajevo (pictured), the first major artist to hold a concert in the city since the end of the Bosnian War. → go there • 2016 – Following a number of high-profile sexual assaults, major reforms were enacted to strengthen laws related to rape in Germany. → go there Born 1598: Eleonora Gonzaga Wiki link Died 1851: Émilie Gamelin Wiki link Born 1914: Omar Ali Saifuddien III Wiki link Born 1930: Ray Charles Wiki link Pictured: U2 performing in Sarajevo.