June 23

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on June 23. From 1900 until now. June 23 is under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include Zinedine Zidane (1972), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940) and June Carter Cash (1929). Several movies were released around June 23 over the years, such as Back to the Future in 1985 directed by Robert Zemeckis and The Conformist in 1970 directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
But much more happened on June 23 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

J??i (L?go) - Latvia
Saint Jonas Day - Lithuania
The Happiest day of the year is June 23 according to a recent study completed by the Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales (a part of the Russell Group of British universities). [4]
National holiday - Luxembourg
Midsummer's Eve, Christianized the eve of the feast of Saint John the Baptist, is celebrated in much of Northern Europe and the British Islands
Victory Day - Estonia
Father's Day - Poland
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Events

2019 Yemeni Civil War (2015–present): Houthis launch a drone strike that kills a Syrian and wounds 21 more. The attack takes place at the Abha International Airport, which was attacked two weeks ago with a ballistic missile. (Reuters)There are unconfirmed reports of another attack at the Jizan Airport, although there has been no confirmation. (Business Insider)Houthis warn of worse attacks if Saudi Arabia continues its escalation and aggression in Yemen. (Xinhua)
2018 Eastern Daraa offensive (June 2018): The Syrian government launches a ground offensive in the eastern part of the southern province of Daraa. (Gulf Times)
2017 War in North-West Pakistan: June 2017 Pakistan bombings: Multiple blasts occur at a market in Parachinar, killing at least 37 people and wounding over 150 more. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (Al Jazeera)A suicide car bombing at a police checkpoint in Quetta kills at least 13 people. (Al Jazeera)
2016 Boko Haram insurgency: According to Médecins Sans Frontières, more than 1,200 people have died of starvation and illness at a refugee camp for those fleeing Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria. (The Guardian)
2015 Syrian Civil War, Military intervention against ISIL: The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the military base Brigade 93 and enter the town of Ayn Issa, the first defense line of ISIL north of its de facto capital al-Raqqah.ISIL claims it has started the destruction of the ancient complex of Palmyra. (euronews)
2014 War in North-West Pakistan:: Pakistani forces conduct airstrikes on terrorist hideouts in North Waziristan, killing 25 militants. (Business Standard)
2013 Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon:: Six Lebanese Army soldiers are killed and several others injured in clashes at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Sidon. (Al Jazeera)
2012 Palestinian militants fire rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel severely injuring an elder. Israel launches a missile strike in return, killing two Palestinians. (The Jerusalem Post) (BBC)
2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian forces mass along the Turkish border near where thousands of refugees are camped. (Reuters) (BBC)
2010 US General Stanley McChrystal is forced to resign as US commander of forces in Afghanistan, replaced by General David Petraeus.
2009 Longtime Johnny Carson announcer/sidekick (The Tonight Show for 30 years) Ed McMahon dies at age 86 in California; host of Star Search from 1983 to 1995, co-host of Bloopers and Practical Jokes from 1982 to 1986, and emceed game shows Missing Links, Snap Judgment, Concentration, and Whodunnit!.
2008 Malaysia releases Buhary Syed Abu Tahir, a leading business associate of Pakistani nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan. (BBC News)
2007 Torrential rains in Pakistan, including the city of Karachi, kill 230 people. (CNN)
2006 In Miami, Florida, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests seven men, accusing them of planning to bomb the Sears Tower and other attacks in Miami.
2005 The Supreme Court of the United States decides 5-4 in the case Kelo v. New London that local governments can seize residential and commercial property for private development projects against the will of property owners as a "public use" under the 5th Amendment. (Market Watch),(New York Times)
2004 The White House releases a February 7, 2002, memo in which President George W. Bush ordered humane treatment of captured Taliban and al Qaeda fighters despite a Justice Department legal opinion that the Geneva Convention does not apply. Twenty-one other memos requested by Senate Democrats have not yet been released; no released memos address Iraq or Abu-Ghraib Prison. (MSNBC) (Memo)
2003 The Supreme Court of the United States upholds affirmative action in university admissions.
2001 An earthquake (7.9 on the Richter scale) hits the south of Peru.
2000 Palace Backpackers Hostel fire in Childers, Queensland, Australia, kills 15 people.
1998 Paul Reitsma resigns his seat in the British Columbia legislature; the first elected politician in the British Commonwealth to be removed from office by legally-binding petition.
1997 Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts
1996 Tartuffe: Born Again closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 29 performances
1994 South Africa reclaims its seat in UN
1993 Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortorff
1992 Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh
1991 Odd Couple opens and closes at Belasco Theater, New York City
1990 A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Stat of Liberty
1989 Movie Batman premieres
1988 Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft.
1986 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84)
1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat
1982 Cleavage opens and closes at Playhouse Theater, New York City
1981 This Was Burlesque opens at Princess Theater NYC for 28 performances
1980 David Letterman Show, debuts on NBC-TV daytime
1979 Rock group The Knack releases "My Sharona".
1978 Panamá recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
1976 CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure (555 m) opens
1975 75th US Golf Open: Lou Graham shoots a 287 at Medinah Country Club - Illinois
1974 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
1973 Cyrano closes at Palace Theater NYC after 49 performances
1972 Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1971 Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0
1970 Red Skelton Show, last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV
1969 French government of Couve de Murville resigns
1968 74 are killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.
1967 Jim Ryun sets mile record of 3:51.1 (Bakersfield, California).
1964 Gen Maxwell Taylor appointed US ambassador in South Vietnam
1963 63rd US Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 293 at The Country Club, Massachusetts
1962 Subways Are after Sleeping closes at St. James NYC after 205 performances
1961 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak
1960 Pat Boone Show, last airs on ABC-TV
1959 A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim (Norway) kills 34 people.
1958 Foundation Praemium Erasmianum (Erasmus Prize) established
1956 Jimmy Durante Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1954 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Overton, Nevada (state record).
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament
1952 US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea
1951 Most expensive US hailstorm (US$1.5 million crop damage and US$14 million property - Kansas).
1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
1949 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
1947 Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt vs. South Africa
1946 The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
1945 77th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Pavot wins in 2:30.2
1944 Russian offensive in central front sector
1943 Dutch artsens protest against Nazis
1942 World War II: Germany's latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf FW190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
1941 Germany occupies Telz Lithuana
1940 Marcel Louette seeks opposition group White Brigade on Antwerp
1939 Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling champ
1938 Civil Aeronautics Authority (US) established
1935 Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor
1931 July ndash John Haven Emerson of Cambridge, Massachusetts perfects the Emerson iron lung just in time for the growing polio epidemic.
1930 Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8.
1927 Lou Gehrig hits three home runs in 11-4 victory over Boston Red Sox.
1926 8th government of Briand van France forms
1925 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers
1924 8 month Twenste textile strike ends
1922 57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St. George
1919 Nitti government forms in Italy
1917 31st US Womens Tennis: Molla Mallory beat Marion Vanderhoef (46 60 62)
1915 Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag)
1914 Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
1913 Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
1909 Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections
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