April 23

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 23. From 1900 until now. April 23 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Gigi Hadid (1995), John Cena (1977) and Silvana Mangano (1930). Several movies were released around April 23 over the years, such as Citizen Kane in 1941 directed by Orson Welles and Yojimbo in 1961 directed by Akira Kurosawa.
But much more happened on April 23 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Gerard (d.1138)
UNESCO International Day of the Book in honor of Shakespeare's and Cervantes's death on April 23, 1616.
Turkey - National Sovereignty and Children's Day (1920)
Israel - Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Israeli Independence Day) for 2007: (the observed date of this national holiday is determined by the Jewish Calendar).
Independence Day for the Conch Republic
National Beer Day in Germany
Feast Day of Saint George: Patron saint and National Day of England
Patron saint of the Spanish region of Arag=n
Celebrated as St. Jordi's Day in Catalonia, presents of books and roses. See above.
Catalonia - Lover's Day. Men receive a book as a gift from their romantic interest, while women receive roses. The book is in honor of Shakespeare's and Cervantes's death on April 23, 1616.
Saint Adalbert of Prague
Jurgi festival, in ancient Latvia
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Events

2019 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings: ISIL claims responsibility for the bombings in Sri Lanka that took place on Easter Sunday. (New York Times)Sri Lankan investigators believe that the bombings were revenge for attacks on New Zealand mosques in March. (Reuters)
2018 2018 Gaza border protests: Two more Palestinian protestors, aged 18 and 20, die from wounds sustained in clashes at the Israeli–Gazan border. Both were shot by Israeli troops. (US News)
2017 War in Donbass: A U.S. member of the OSCE monitoring mission is killed and two others injured after their vehicle drives over a land mine near Luhansk. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2016 War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban claims the killing of a Sikh lawmaker, Soran Singh. (The New York Times)
2015 The Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls claims that five terrorist attacks have been "foiled" in France in recent months. (France 24)
2014 Ukrainian security officials discover that the Assumption Monastery Lavra of the Moscow Patriarchate in Sviatohirsk served as a military base for pro-Russian insurgents who have besieged the region. (Kyiv Post)
2013 Syrian civil war:: An Israeli military intelligence analyst states that Syria has used chemical weapons repeatedly over the past month. He also criticizes the international community for not responding to the use of the weapons. (The New York Times)Two Orthodox Christian bishops kidnapped by gunmen in a rebel-held area in northern Syria are released. (BBC)
2012 At least two people are killed and hundreds of others injured in clashes between police and protestors during a nationwide strike in Bangladesh, which was triggered by the unexplained disappearance of opposition politician Ilyas Ali. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Cambodia and Thailand clash on their border. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
2010 The X-37B unmanned military prototype spaceplane is launched atop an Atlas V rocket into orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The 9m long reusable spaceplane is about one-quarter the size of the space shuttle.
2009 The gamma ray burst GRB 090423 is observed for 10 seconds. The event signals the most distant object of any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe.
2008 Sri Lankan Civil War: In fighting in the North of Sri Lanka, the military claims victory with 43 soldiers killed and 33 missing while killing over 100 Tamil Tigers. The rebels also claim victory, saying that they killed 100 soldiers and wounded 500 while only losing 16 of their own. (CNN) (BBC News)
2007 Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin dies at the age of 76. (BBC) (CNN)
2006 Osama Bin Laden calls for Jihad against "Crusaders" in Darfur in audiotape released to Al Jazeera. (Reuters)
2005 Israeli security forces arrest 3 suspected Palestinian militants on the Geha Highway near Ra'annana, Israel. When the police arrived, the 3 suspects were barricaded in their car, while a 4th suspect fled the scene. Earlier in the night, the Israeli Police put roadblocks and checkpoints after it received high alert on "rolling" suicide bombing attack. (Haaretz), (Ynet)
2004 DaimlerChrysler announces it will no longer financially support Mitsubishi Motors and will try to sell its current stake. (Taipei Times)
2003 US President George W. Bush signs legislation authorizing changes to the design of the 5-cent coin through 2005, to commemorate the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition.
2002 Pope John Paul II meets with American cardinals at the Vatican through April 24 regarding sexual abuse of children by priests and religious workers.
1998 The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 19.
1997 Titanic, opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New York City
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM
1995 Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship.
1994 Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives, Haiti.
1993 Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia.
1992 Shirnada opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
1991 USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions.
1990 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1989 Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic.
1988 Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25km (1:29:30)/30km (1:47:06).
1987 28 construction workers die when the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1986 Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking
1985 Flyers 5-Isles 3 - Patrick Division Finals - Flyers hold 3-0 lead
1984 AIDS-virus identified (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
1982 Dennis Wardlow, Mayor of Key West, Florida, declares the independent Conch Republic for a day.
1980 Soviet submarine catches fire off Japan, nine die.
1978 Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic.
1977 ADO The Hague soccer team forms.
1976 The punk rock group The Ramones release their first self-titled album.
1974 Carl Barnett dies at age 59 of a heart attack while conducting Bach's Come, Sweet Death at the Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1972 26th Tony Awards: Sticks and Bones and Two Gentlemen of Verona win.
1971 Soyuz 10 launched; Cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station
1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney.
1968 United Methodist Church forms.
1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
1965 Launch of first Soviet communications satellite.
1964 New York State Theater opens.
1962 1st US satellite to reach the moon launched
1961 Tenderloin closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 216 performances
1959 Destry Rides Again opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 performances
1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th homerun and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game.
1956 US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses.
1955 Kismet closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances
1953 KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 Bob Cain of Saint Louis Browns and Bob Feller of Cleveland Indians each pitch a one-hitter.
1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
1949 Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast
1946 Brooklyn Dodgers' Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0.
1945 Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated.
1943 British and US offensive directed at Tunis / Bizerta
1942 William Temple enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
1941 Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek King George II to Egypt
1940 New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert.
1939 Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR
1938 Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self-government.
1935 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1933 Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal.
1932 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon.
1927 Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children's Day as a national holiday.
1925 1st London performance of operetta Fasquita staged
1924 British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley.
1923 The Gdynia seaport is inaugurated.
1921 Charles Paddock runs world record 100 metre (10.4 seconds).
1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly first meets, in Ankara.
1919 Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season.
1918 National Urban League forms.
1915 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA).
1910 International Exhibition opens in Brussels.
1908 Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands and Sweden signs North Sea accord.
1906 In Tsarist Russia, the Fundamental Laws are announced at the first state Duma.
1904 American Academy of Arts and Letters forms.
1903 New York Highlanders (New York Yankees) win their first game beating Washington Senators 7-2.
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