Historical Events on April 23, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on April 23rd This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2019 | The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers. |
| 2018 | A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested. |
| 2013 | At least 28 people are killed and more than 70 are injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq. |
| 2005 | The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim. |
| 1999 | NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
| 1993 | Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum. |
| 1993 | Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province. |
| 1990 | Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations. |
| 1985 | Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months. |
| 1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). |
| 1968 | Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. |
| 1967 | Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit. |
| 1961 | Algiers putsch by French generals. |
| 1951 | Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia. |
| 1949 | Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy. |
| 1946 | Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. |
| 1945 | World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of Nazi Germany. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Hitler that the telegram is treasonous. |
| 1942 | World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck. |
| 1941 | World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht. |
| 1940 | The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people. |
| 1935 | The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted. |
| 1927 | Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England. |
| 1920 | The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution. |
| 1919 | The Estonian Constituent Assembly was held in Estonia, which marked the birth of the Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu. |
| 1918 | World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. |
| 1914 | First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago. |
| 1891 | Chilean Civil War: The ironclad Blanco Encalada is sunk at Caldera Bay by torpedo boats.[3] |
| 1879 | Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome. |
| 1815 | The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1661 | King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey. |
| 1660 | Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland. |
| 1655 | The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later. |
| 1635 | The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston. |
| 1521 | Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros. |
| 1516 | The Munich Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria. |
| 1500 | Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil). |
| 1348 | The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day. |
| 1343 | St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia. |
| 1016 | Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England. |
| 1014 | Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. |
| 711 | Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks. |
| 599 | Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city. |
| 215 | A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. |
Famous People Born on April 23
Here is a random list who born on April 23. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1865 | Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943) |
| 1923 | Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (d. 2010) |
| 1720 | Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (d. 1797) |
| 1941 | Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (d. 2018) |
| 1818 | James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (d. 1894) |
| 1988 | Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater |
| 1973 | Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1983 | Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player |
| 1970 | Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager |
| 1951 | Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter |
Famous People Deaths On April 23
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on April 23. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1170 | Minamoto no Tametomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1139) |
| 871 | Æthelred of Wessex (b. 837) |
| 1996 | Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (b. 1913) |
| 2014 | Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (b. 1946) |
| 1951 | Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883) |
| 1794 | Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721) |
| 1983 | Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908) |
| 1995 | Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895) |
| 1907 | Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842) |
| 2012 | Lillemor Arvidsson, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 34th Governor of Gotland (b. 1943) |
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