What happened on April 23? There are more than 273 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About April 23
April 23 is the 114th day of the year 2024. There are 252 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 17th week of the year 2024.
On this day in New Market, Indiana 47965 sunrise occured at 05:55 AM and sunset occured at 07:36 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Taurus. The modern birthstone for this month is Diamond while the mystical birthstone is Opal.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 281 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For April 23
- 215 BCA temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
- 1014Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
- 1016Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England,
- 1343Estonia: St. George’s Night Uprising.
- 1348The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George’s Day.
- 1521Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
- 1635The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1660Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
- 1661King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- 1815The 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.
- 1910Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.
- 1918World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
- 1920The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara.
- 1920The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
- 1927Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children’s Day as a national holiday.
- 1932The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later.
- 1935The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
- 1940The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
- 1941World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
- 1942World War II: Baedeker Blitz – German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
- 1949Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People’s Liberation Army Navy.
- 1951American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
- 1955The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
- 1961Algiers putsch by French generals.
- 1967Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) is a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
- 1968Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
- 1985Coca-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 3 months.
- 1990Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1993Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
- 1997Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed.
- 2003Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
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Who Were Born On April 23?
- 1141King Malcolm IV of Scotland (d. 1165)
- 1170Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)
- 1185King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
- 1464Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, queen of France (d. 1505)
- 1484Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian philosopher (d. 1558)
- 1500Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)
- 1516Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)
- 1564William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (d. 1616) (traditional approximate birth date in Julian calendar based on April 26 baptism)
- 1598Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)
- 1621William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)
- 1628Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)
- 1676King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)
- 1720Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)
- 1725Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)
- 1746Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
- 1775J. M. W. Turner, English painter (d. 1851)
- 1791James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
- 1792John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)
- 1794Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856)
- 1805Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher (d. 1879)
- 1813Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853)
- 1813Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (d. 1861)
- 1823Abd-ul-Mejid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861)
- 1834Artemus Ward, American comic writer (d. 1867)
- 1853Winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
- 1857Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)
- 1858Ethel Mary Smyth, English composer (d. 1944)
- 1858Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
- 1861Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (d. 1936)
- 1861John Peltz, American baseball player (d. 1906)
- 1865Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
- 1867Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1928)
- 1872Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)
- 1876Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925)
- 1880Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (d. 1942)
- 1882Albert Coates, British composer (d. 1953)
- 1888Georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967)
- 1889Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
- 1891Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (d. 1953)
- 1893Frank Borzage, American film director (d. 1952)
- 1894Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955)
- 1895Johnny Hyde, Russian-born American talent agent (d. 1950)
- 1895Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (d. 1982)
- 1897Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1972)
- 1897Lucius D. Clay, American general (d. 1978)
- 1899Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1979)
- 1899Minoru Shirota, inventor of Yakult (d. 1982)
- 1900Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1900Joseph Green, Polish-born actor and director (d. 1996)
- 1901E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist (d. 1988)
- 1902Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- 1903Guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d. 1974)
- 1904Duncan Renaldo, Spanish-American actor (d. 1985)
- 1907Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975)
- 1907Lee Miller, American photographer & model (d. 1977)
- 1908Myron Waldman, American animator (d. 2006)
- 1910Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)
- 1911Ronald Neame, British film producer (d. 2010)
- 1917Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (d. 2008)
- 1918Maurice Druon, French author (d. 2009)
- 1919Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet double-agent (d. 1963)
- 1921Janet Blair, American actress (d. 2007)
- 1921Warren Spahn, American baseball player (d. 2003)
- 1922Jack May, British actor (d. 1997)
- 1922Marjorie Cameron, American writer, painter, actress and occultist (d. 1995)
- 1923Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler (d. 1977)
- 1923Avram Davidson, American writer (d. 1993)
- 1923Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas (d. 2010)
- 1924Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (d. 2007)
- 1924Chuck Harmon, American baseball player
- 1926J. P. Donleavy, Irish American author
- 1928Shirley Temple, American actress and politician
- 1930Alan Oppenheimer, American actor and voice actor
- 1932Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990)
- 1932Jim Fixx, American athlete and writer (d. 1984)
- 1934George Canseco, Filipino music composer (d. 2004)
- 1935Bunky Green, American musician
- 1936Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (d. 1988)
- 1939Jorge Fons, Mexican film director
- 1939Lee Majors, American actor
- 1939Ray Peterson, American singer (d. 2005)
- 1940Michael Copps, American Federal Government official
- 1941Jacqueline Boyer, French singer
- 1941Michael Lynne, American film executive
- 1941Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland 1995-2003
- 1942Sandra Dee, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1943Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
- 1943Gail Goodrich, American basketball player
- 1943Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)
- 1943Tony Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1947Bernadette Devlin, Irish politician
- 1947Glenn Cornick, British musician (Jethro Tull)
- 1948Pascal Quignard, French author
- 1948Serge Thériault, French-Canadian comedian and actor
- 1949David Cross, British violinist (King Crimson)
- 1949Joyce DeWitt, American actress
- 1952Narada Michael Walden, American musician and producer
- 1953James Russo, American actor
- 1954Michael Moore, American filmmaker
- 1955Fumi Hirano, Japanese voice actress and essayist
- 1955Judy Davis, Australian actress
- 1955Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)
- 1957Jan Hooks, American actress
- 1957Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer
- 1957Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer and art director
- 1958Gene Scheer, American opera librettist and songwriter
- 1958Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic music composer
- 1958Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1960Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (d. 1991)
- 1960Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
- 1961George Lopez, American actor and comedian
- 1961Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler (d. 2001)
- 1962John Hannah, Scottish actor
- 1963Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic powerlifter
- 1963Paul Belmondo, French actor and racing driver
- 1967Kim Hee-ae, South Korean actress
- 1967Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
- 1967Rheal Cormier, Canadian baseball player
- 1968Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein of Jordan
- 1968Princess Zein bint Al Hussein of Jordan
- 1968Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (d. 2001)
- 1969Arthur Phillips, American author and Jeopardy! champion
- 1969Byron Thames, American actor
- 1969Martin López-Zubero, Spanish swimmer
- 1969Richard Wolstencroft, Australian filmmaker
- 1969Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
- 1970Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1970Dennis Bayne Culp, American singer/songwriter
- 1970Sadao Abe, Japanese actor
- 1970Scott Bairstow, Canadian actor
- 1971Charmaine Sinclair, English model
- 1971Uli Herzner, German American designer
- 1972Patricia Manterola, Mexican singer
- 1972Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet
- 1972Sonya Smith, American actress
- 1973Patrick Poulin, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974Barry Watson, American actor
- 1974Carlos Dengler, American musician (Interpol)
- 1974Michael Kerr, New Zealand-born German rugby player
- 1975Bobby Shaw, American football player
- 1975Jón Þór Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer (Sigur Rós)
- 1977Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player
- 1977John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor
- 1977John Oliver, British comedian
- 1977Kal Penn, American actor
- 1977Lee Young-Pyo, Korean footballer
- 1977Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979Barry Fratelli, Scottish bassist (The Fratellis)
- 1979Jaime King, American actress
- 1979Joanna Krupa, Polish/American model and actress
- 1979Lauri Ylönen, Finnish singer (The Rasmus)
- 1979Yana Gupta, Indian actress & model
- 1981Chris Sharma, American rock climber/boulderer
- 1981Sean Henn, American baseball player
- 1981Seka Aleksic, Serbian turbofolk singer
- 1983Daniela Hantuchová, Slovakian tennis player
- 1983Taio Cruz, British singer-songwriter
- 1984Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
- 1985Angel Locsin, Filipina actress
- 1986Jessica Stam, Canadian model
- 1986Sven Kramer, Dutch speedskater
- 1987Boaz Mauda, Israeli singer
- 1987Emily Fox, American cup stacker and basketball player
- 1987John Boye, Ghanaian football player
- 1988Molly Burnett, American actress
- 1988Prince Buaben, Ghanaian football player
- 1988Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
- 1989Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
- 1990Dev Patel, British actor
- 1990Matthew Underwood, American actor
- 1990Pikky Ya France, Namibian cricketer
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Who Died On April 23?
- 303Saint George, Roman soldier and Christian martyr
- 725Wihtred, King of Kent
- 871Ethelred of Wessex
- 997Saint Adalbert of Prague, bishop (b. c. 956)
- 1014Brian Boru, High King of Ireland
- 1016Ethelred II of England
- 1124King Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
- 1151Queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)
- 1217King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
- 1407Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
- 1605Tsar Boris Godunov of Russia (b. c. 1550)
- 1616El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539)
- 1616Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author (b. 1547)
- 1616William Shakespeare, English dramatist and actor (b. 1564) (according to the Julian calendar)
- 1625Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
- 1702Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)
- 1740Thomas Tickell, English writer (b. 1685)
- 1781James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)
- 1784King Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
- 1792Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)
- 1794Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (b. 1721)
- 1827Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek War of Independence figure
- 1839Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)
- 1850William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
- 1889Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1895Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1815)
- 1905Gédéon Ouimet, Quebec politician (b. 1823)
- 1907Alferd Packer, American prospector and accused cannibal (b. 1842)
- 1915Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
- 1936Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)
- 1951Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865)
- 1952Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (b. 1887)
- 1965George Adamski, Polish-American author and ufologist (b. 1891)
- 1975William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)
- 1979Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)
- 1981Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897)
- 1983Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
- 1984Red Garland, American jazz pianist (b. 1923)
- 1985Sam Ervin, American politician (b. 1896)
- 1986Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
- 1986Jim Laker, English cricketer (b. 1922)
- 1986Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (b. 1906)
- 1990Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
- 1991Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952)
- 1992Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (b. 1921)
- 1992Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese statesman (b. 1912)
- 1993César Chávez, American labor activist (b. 1927)
- 1995Howard Cosell, American attorney and sportscaster (b. 1918)
- 1995John C. Stennis, American politician (b. 1904)
- 1996Jean Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (b. 1913)
- 1996P. L. Travers, Australian author (b. 1899)
- 1997Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)
- 1998James Earl Ray, American assassin (b. 1928)
- 1998Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907)
- 1998Thanassis Skordalos, Greek musician (b. 1920)
- 2003Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b. 1910)
- 2003James H. Critchfield, American Central Intelligence agent (b. 1917)
- 2005Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (b. 1928)
- 2005Earl Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1934)
- 2005Romano Scarpa, Italian-born comic artist (b. 1927)
- 2005Sir Johannes “Joh” Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician (b. 1911)
- 2005Sir John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
- 2006Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot (b. 1912)
- 2006Phil Walden, American rock group manager (b. 1940)
- 2007Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician (b. 1931)
- 2007David Halberstam, American journalist and author (b. 1934)
- 2007Paul Erdman, American economist and author (b. 1932)
- 2007Peter Randall, British George Medal recipient (b. 1930)
- 2011Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill (b. 1921)
- 2011John Sullivan, British comedy writer (b. 1946)
- 2011Tom King, American songwriter and musician (b. 1943)
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