April 23rd Events |
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| April 23rd, 2003 (April 23 2003) | Event | Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus. | |
| April 23rd, 1997 (April 23 1997) | Event | Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed. | |
| April 23rd, 1993 (April 23 1993) | Event | Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum. | |
| April 23rd, 1990 (April 23 1990) | Event | Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations. | |
| April 23rd, 1988 (April 23 1988) | Event | Pink Floyd s album Dark Side of the Moon leaves the charts for its first time after spending a record of 741 consecutive weeks (over 14 years) on the Billboard 200. | |
| 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, 1985 (April 23 1985) | Event | 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 3 months.) | |
| April 23rd, 1982 (April 23 1982) | Event | Conch Republic is established. | |
| April 23rd, 1982 (April 23 1982) | Event | The ZX Spectrum is released. | |
| April 23rd, 1979 (April 23 1979) | Event | Fighting in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police s Special Patrol Group results in the death of protester Blair Peach. | |
| April 23rd, 1968 (April 23 1968) | Event | Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. see main article Columbia University protests of 1968. | |
| 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, 1961 (April 23 1961) | Event | Algiers putsch by French generals. | |
| April 23rd, 1955 (April 23 1955) | Event | The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour. | |
| April 23rd, 1948 (April 23 1948) | Event | 1948 Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, the major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces. | |
| April 23rd, 1942 (April 23 1942) | Event | World War II: Baedeker Blitz - German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lubeck. | |
| April 23rd, 1941 (April 23 1941) | Event | World War II: Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the attacking Wehrmacht. | |
| April 23rd, 1940 (April 23 1940) | Event | The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people. | |
| April 23rd, 1935 (April 23 1935) | Event | Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted. | |
| April 23rd, 1932 (April 23 1932) | Event | The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, the Netherlands burns down. | |
| April 23rd, 1923 (April 23 1923) | Event | Inauguration ceremonies take place of Gdynia as a temporary military port and fishers shelter. | |
| April 23rd, 1920 (April 23 1920) | Event | The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution. | |
| April 23rd, 1920 (April 23 1920) | Event | The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is founded in Ankara. | |
| 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, 1827 (April 23 1827) | Event | William Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of systems of rays. | |
| April 23rd, 1661 (April 23 1661) | Event | King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey. | |
| April 23rd, 1660 (April 23 1660) | Event | Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland. | |
| April 23rd, 1635 (April 23 1635) | Event | First public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts. | |
| 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, 1521 (April 23 1521) | Event | Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros. | |
| April 23rd, 1348 (April 23 1348) | Event | The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III of England is announced on St George s Day. | |
| April 23rd, 1343 (April 23 1343) | Event | St. George s Night Uprising. | |
| April 23rd, 1229 (April 23 1229) | Event | Ferdinand III of Castile conquers Caceres. | |
| April 23rd, 1014 (April 23 1014) | Event | Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. | |
| April 23rd, 0215 (April 23 0215) | Event | A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. | |
