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| April 23rd, 2007 (April 23 2007) | Death | Paul Erdman, American economist and author (born in 1932) | |
| April 23rd, 2007 (April 23 2007) | Death | David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (born in 1934) | |
| April 23rd, 2007 (April 23 2007) | Death | Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (born in 1931) | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1997 (April 23 1997) | Event | Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed. | |
| April 23rd, 1997 (April 23 1997) | Death | Denis Compton, English cricketer (born in 1918) | |
| April 23rd, 1987 (April 23 1987) | Event | 28 construction workers die when the L Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut. | |
| April 23rd, 1987 (April 23 1987) | Birth | Emily Fox, American cupstacking champion | |
| April 23rd, 1977 (April 23 1977) | Birth | John Cena, American professional wrestler | |
| April 23rd, 1977 (April 23 1977) | Birth | Andruw Jones, Curacaoan baseball player | Cao Cao Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1977 (April 23 1977) | Birth | Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 23rd, 1977 (April 23 1977) | Birth | Kal Penn, American actor | |
| April 23rd, 1977 (April 23 1977) | Birth | Lee Young-Pyo, Korean footballer | |
| April 23rd, 1967 (April 23 1967) | Event | A group of young radicals are expelled from the Nicaraguan Socialist Party (PSN). This group goes on to found the Socialist Workers Party (POS). | |
| April 23rd, 1967 (April 23 1967) | Birth | Rheal Cormier, Canadian baseball player | |
| April 23rd, 1967 (April 23 1967) | Birth | Melina Kanakaredes, American actress | |
| April 23rd, 1957 (April 23 1957) | Birth | Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer | |
| April 23rd, 1947 (April 23 1947) | Birth | Glenn Cornick, British musician (Jethro Tull) | |
| April 23rd, 1947 (April 23 1947) | Birth | Bernadette Devlin, Irish politician | |
| April 23rd, 1917 (April 23 1917) | Birth | Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (died in 2008) | |
| April 23rd, 1907 (April 23 1907) | Birth | Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (died in 1975) | |
| April 23rd, 1907 (April 23 1907) | Birth | Lee Miller, American photographer & model (died in 1977) | |
| April 23rd, 1897 (April 23 1897) | Birth | Lucius Clay, American general (died in 1978) | |
| April 23rd, 1897 (April 23 1897) | Birth | Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1972) | |
| April 23rd, 1867 (April 23 1867) | Event | William Lincoln patents the zoetrope, a machine which shows animated pictures by mounting a strip of drawings in a wheel. | |
| April 23rd, 1867 (April 23 1867) | Birth | Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died in 1928) | |
| April 23rd, 1857 (April 23 1857) | Birth | Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (died in 1919) | |
| April 23rd, 1827 (April 23 1827) | Event | William Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of systems of rays. | |
| April 23rd, 1827 (April 23 1827) | Death | Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek hero of the Greek War of Independence | |
| April 23rd, 1597 (April 23 1597) | Event | William Shakespeare s The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance. | William Shakespeare Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1407 (April 23 1407) | Death | Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (born in 1326) | |
| April 23rd, 1217 (April 23 1217) | Death | King Inge II of Norway (born in 1185) | |
| April 23rd, 0997 (April 23 0997) | Death | Saint Adalbert of Prague, bishop (born in ca. 956) | |
