April 23 in history
Events on April 23
Notable events that happened on April 23 in past years.
- 2024
The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy.
Wikipedia article: 2024 Lumut mid-air collision - 2013
At least 111 people are killed and 233 injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.
Wikipedia article: 2013 Hawija clashes - 1990
Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Wikipedia article: Namibia - 1979
Blair Peach, a British activist, is fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London.
Wikipedia article: Death of Blair Peach - 1967
Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1), a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, is launched into orbit.
Wikipedia article: Soviet space program - 1951
Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
Wikipedia article: Cold War - 1942
World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
Wikipedia article: Baedeker Blitz - 1935
The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
Wikipedia article: April Constitution of Poland - 1919
The Estonian Constituent Assembly is held in Estonia, which marks the birth of the Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu.
Wikipedia article: Estonian Constituent Assembly - 1879
Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
Wikipedia article: University of Notre Dame - 1661
King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
Wikipedia article: Charles II of England - 1635
The first public school in the United States, the Boston Latin School, is founded.
Wikipedia article: Boston Latin School - 1500
Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil).
Wikipedia article: Pedro Álvares Cabral - 1014
Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
- 215 BC
A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
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