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23 Apr 1014
King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of Clontarf freeing Ireland from foreign control
23 Apr 1154
Damascus surrenders to Sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo
23 Apr 1348
1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter)
23 Apr 1516
The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) is enforced across all of Bavaria by Wilhelm IV Duke of Bavaria stating beer should be brewed from only three ingredients water malt and hops
23 Apr 1616
Netherlands buys De BrielVlissingenFort Rammekens from England
23 Apr 1633
Sweden & Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn
23 Apr 1635
Oldest US public institution Boston Latin School founded
23 Apr 1660
Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland
23 Apr 1705
Richard Steeles Tender Husband premieres in London
23 Apr 1723
Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht
23 Apr 1775
Opera Il R Pastore is produced (Salzburg)
23 Apr 1795
William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason
23 Apr 1827
Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of Systems of Rays
23 Apr 1838
English steamship Great Western crossing Atlantic docks in NYC
23 Apr 1860
Democratic convention in Charleston South Carolina divided over slavery
23 Apr 1861
Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces (US Civil War)
23 Apr 1864
Battle of Cane River Louisiana (Red River Expedition Monetts Ferry)
23 Apr 1881
Gilbert & Sullivans opera Patience produced in London
23 Apr 1883
John Heemskerk Abrahamszoon forms Dutch government
23 Apr 1896
Vitascope system of movie projection 1st shown at Koster & Bials Music Hall (NYC)
23 Apr 1900
1st know occurrence of word hillbillie (NY Journal)
23 Apr 1903
NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 2nd game beating Washington Senators 7-2
23 Apr 1908
Denmark Germany Britain France Netherlands & Sweden sign North Sea accord
23 Apr 1915
ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)
23 Apr 1916
Lord Dunsanys Night at an Inn premieres in NYC
23 Apr 1918
Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea
23 Apr 1920
Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets in Ankara
23 Apr 1921
Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs)
23 Apr 1923
Inauguration ceremonies take place of Gdynia as a temporary military port and fishers shelter.
23 Apr 1925
1st London performance of operetta Fasquita staged
23 Apr 1925
Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms
23 Apr 1925
Having badly defeated Spain and driven her out of Spanish Morocco the native Riffi led by Abd-el-Krim turn on the French in French Morocco
23 Apr 1932
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon
23 Apr 1932
153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem the Netherlands burns down
23 Apr 1936
Carl Hubbells 1st start of season is his 17th straight win
23 Apr 1938
Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government
23 Apr 1939
1st performance of Bla Bartoks 2nd Concerto for violin
23 Apr 1940
Dance hall fires kills 198 in Natchez Mississippi
23 Apr 1941
Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt
23 Apr 1943
British & US offensive directed at Tunis and Bizerta
23 Apr 1946
Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves 5-0
23 Apr 1948
KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis MN (ABC) 1st broadcast
23 Apr 1949
Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco
23 Apr 1950
1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6 Braves 5)
23 Apr 1950
NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals 110-95 to take series 4 games to 2
23 Apr 1950
Stanley Cup Final Olympia Stadium Detroit MI Pete Babando scores Cup-winning goal in double overtime of Game 7 as Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers 4-3 for a 4-3 series win
23 Apr 1952
Bob Cain of Browns & Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter
23 Apr 1952
New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game & hits his only HR
23 Apr 1953
General Charles P Cabell USAF becomes deputy director of CIA
23 Apr 1953
KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting
23 Apr 1953
WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery AL (INDCBS) begins broadcasting
23 Apr 1953
Shane directed by George Stevens and based on the 1949 novel by Jack Schaefer starring Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur is released
23 Apr 1955
Kismet closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances
23 Apr 1959
Destry Rides Again opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 performances
23 Apr 1960
1st performance of Ferde Grofes San Francisco Suite
23 Apr 1961
Tenderloin closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 216 performances
23 Apr 1962
NY Mets win their 1st game ever after going 0-9 beat Pirates 9-1
23 Apr 1962
Ranger 4 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral
23 Apr 1963
Jerry Bock and S. Harnicks musical She Loves Me opens at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC for 302 performances
23 Apr 1964
Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter Reds win 1-0
23 Apr 1965
I Cant Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) single released by the Four Tops (Billboard Song of the Year )
23 Apr 1967
Soyuz 1 launched Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
23 Apr 1968
Im Solomon opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 7 performances
23 Apr 1968
1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 new pence replacing shilling and two-shilling pieces)
23 Apr 1969
ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney
23 Apr 1969
Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province China
23 Apr 1969
Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy
23 Apr 1969
The Unionist Parliamentary Party votes by 28 to 22 to introduce universal adult suffrage in local government elections in Northern Ireland the demand for one man one vote had been one of the most powerful slogans of the civil rights movement
23 Apr 1971
Columbia University operations virtually end by student strike
23 Apr 1971
Soyuz 10 launched cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station
23 Apr 1972
26th Tony Awards Sticks & Bones & 2 Gentlemen of Verona win
23 Apr 1972
The Sunday Times Insight Team publish their account of the events of Bloody Sunday
23 Apr 1975
Harold Pinters play No Mans Land premieres in London
23 Apr 1977
ADO Den Haag soccer team forms in The Hague Netherlands
23 Apr 1977
Milt workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa
23 Apr 1977
Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously & only loses 10
23 Apr 1978
Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd
23 Apr 1979
Fighting in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police Special Patrol Group results in the death of protester Blair Peach.
23 Apr 1982
Conch Republic is established - secession of the Florida Keys from the United States of America
23 Apr 1983
David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century 143 v Sri Lanka
23 Apr 1983
28th Eurovision Song Contest Corinne Hermes for Luxembourg wins singing Si la vie est cadeau in Munich
23 Apr 1984
AIDS-virus identified as HTLV-III (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
23 Apr 1985
Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepals invitational
23 Apr 1985
New Coke debuts Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula
23 Apr 1986
Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
23 Apr 1987
28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport Connecticut
23 Apr 1987
NJ Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY
23 Apr 1988
A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft 74 miles
23 Apr 1988
Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hrs or less
23 Apr 1988
Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (12930)30k (14706)
23 Apr 1989
Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
23 Apr 1989
CBS premiere of fact based The Littlest Victims based on Newark N.J. physician James Oleske as the first doctor to discover AIDS in children
23 Apr 1989
NFL Draft UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman first pick by Dallas Cowboys
23 Apr 1991
Gordon Greenidge scores 223 v Aus his last Test Cricket knock at home
23 Apr 1991
USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions
23 Apr 1992
Shirnada opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
23 Apr 1992
Marion Berry (former mayor of Washington D.C.) let out of prison
23 Apr 1992
McDonalds opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China
23 Apr 1994
Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti
23 Apr 1994
General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke
23 Apr 1996
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM
23 Apr 1996
Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in 34.5 million
23 Apr 1996
49th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS) Sense and Sensibility Best Film Michael Radford Best Director
23 Apr 1996
42nd British Academy Television Awards Father Ted Best Comedy Cracker Best Drama
23 Apr 1996
US docuseries Forensic Files (Medical Detectives) premieres on TLC Network
23 Apr 1997
32nd Academy of Country Music Awards Brooks & Dunn George Strait and Patty Loveless win
23 Apr 1997
Omaria massacre in Algeria 42 villagers are killed.
23 Apr 2003
Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
23 Apr 2005
NFL Draft University of Utah quarterback Alex Smith first pick by San Francisco 49ers
23 Apr 2009
Gamma ray burst (GRB) 090423 is observed for 10 seconds the most distant object of any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe
23 Apr 2011
Zach Daniels defeated Rick Michaels to become the new TNT Heavyweight Champion.
23 Apr 2012
Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte tenders resignation paving the way for early elections
23 Apr 2012
Rangers F.C. owner Craig Whyte is banned for life from any involvement in Scottish football
23 Apr 2012
38000 London Marathon entrants have their home and email contacts published in a data protection breach
23 Apr 2013
28 people are killed and 70 are injured during clashes between police and Sunni Muslims in Hawija Iraq
23 Apr 2013
21 people are killed during violent unrest in Xinjiang China
23 Apr 2013
The French National Assembly passes an amended bill legalizing same-sex marriage
23 Apr 2014
60 people are killed & 80 are injured after a train crashes in The Democratic Republic of the Congo
23 Apr 2018
Van deliberately driven into pedestrians in Toronto Canada killing 10 and injuring 13
23 Apr 2018
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan resigns after 10 years in office after mass protests against him beginning an unconstitutional third term
23 Apr 2018
Mario Abdo Bentez is elected President of Paraguay
23 Apr 2019
At least 54 jade miners buried by a mudslide in Kachin state Myanmar
23 Apr 2019
Southampton striker Shane Long scores fastest goal in English Premier League history when he nets after 7.69 seconds in 1-1 draw at Watford
23 Apr 2019
Second of two major earthquakes strikes island of Samar Philipines magnitude 6.3 a day after magnitude 6.1 hits Luzon Island killing at least 16 people
23 Apr 2019
Worlds first malaria vaccine giving partial protection to children begins in Malawi by the WHO
23 Apr 1348
The Order of Garter founded by English King Edward III Britains highest civic or military honor
23 Apr 1705
Richard Steeles play Tender Husband premieres in London
23 Apr 1775
Opera Il R Pastore (The Shepherd King) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is first produced in Salzburg
23 Apr 1838
English steamship Great Western crosses the Atlantic docks in NYC
23 Apr 1861
Arkansas troops seize Fort Smith on the Arkansas River
23 Apr 1881
Gilbert & Sullivans opera Patience premieres at The Opera Comique London
23 Apr 1896
Vitascope system of movie projection 1st shown at Koster & Bials Music Hall New York City
23 Apr 1910
International Exhibition opens in Brussels Belgium
23 Apr 1918
Raid of Zeebrugge the British navy attempts to block German vessels from leaving port by sinking obsolete ships - mostly fails
23 Apr 1919
US Major League Baseball opens a reduced 140-game season
23 Apr 1923
Inauguration ceremonies take place at Gdynia Poland to mark its new status as a temporary military port and fishers shelter
23 Apr 1924
British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley London
23 Apr 1925
1st London performance of Franz Lehrs operetta Frasquita staged
23 Apr 1932
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon England
23 Apr 1941
Greek Army surrenders to Germany British RAF evacuates the Greek King George II to Egypt
23 Apr 1952
Crude oil pipeline from Kirkuk (Iraq) to Banias (Syria) completed
23 Apr 1953
General Charles P. Cabell USAF becomes deputy director of CIA
23 Apr 1955
Robert Wright and George Forrests musical Kismet closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances
23 Apr 1958
Robert Kurkas The Good Soldier Schweik with libretto written by Abe Meeropol premieres at the New York City Opera
23 Apr 1960
1st performance of Ferde Grofs San Francisco Suite
23 Apr 1963
Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnicks musical She Loves Me opens at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC for 302 performances
23 Apr 1982
The 8-bit personal home computer the Sinclair ZX Spectrum is released (goes on to sell 5 million worldwide)
23 Apr 2019
Second of two major earthquakes strikes island of Samar Philippines magnitude 6.3 a day after magnitude 6.1 hits Luzon Island killing at least 16 people
23 Apr 2020
First findings of a frog fossil 40 million years old found on Seymour Island Antarctica (2015) published in Scientific Reports
23 Apr 2020
Ecuadors COVID-19 death toll is then one of worlds highest per capita after 7600 more deaths than usual (503 official toll) in report by The New York Times
23 Apr 2020
NFL Draft LSU quarterback Joe Burrow first pick by Cincinnati Bengals
23 Apr 1563
Cornerstone laid for El Escorial new Spanish royal palace commissioned by Philip II by architect Juan Bautista de Toledo
23 Apr 1903
NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their first game beat Washington Senators 7-2 at American League Park
23 Apr 1952
Bob Cain of Browns & Bob Feller of Cleveland Indians each pitch a one-hitter
23 Apr 1952
New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st game in relief & hits his only HR
23 Apr 1952
Crude oil pipeline from Kirkuk Iraq to Banias Syria completed
23 Apr 1991
Outstanding West Indian cricket opening batsman Gordon Greenidge scores 226 in his final Test innings at home in Bridgetown Barbados WI win 4th Test v Australia by 343 runs
23 Apr 1869
1st professional baseball exhibition game - Cincinnati Red Stockings 24 Cincinnati amateurs 15
23 Apr 1914
MLB Chicago Federals host the Kansas City Packers in the 1st game played at Weeghman Park (now Wrigley Field)
23 Apr 1953
Shane directed by George Stevens and based on the 1949 novel by Jack Schaefer starring Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur premieres
23 Apr 1961
Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnicks musical comedy Tenderloin closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 216 performances
23 Apr 1972
26th Tony Awards Sticks and Bones (play) & Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical) win
23 Apr 1986
Disney World breaks ground for Victorian themed Grand Floridian Beach Resort (now known as Disneys Grand Floridian Resort & Spa)
23 Apr 1989
NFL Draft 1 pick UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman by Dallas Cowboys
23 Apr 1344
Order of the Garter founded by English King Edward III the most senior knighthood in the UK with just 24 living members plus the monarch (or 1348)
23 Apr 1851
Canada issues its 1st postage stamp - a Three-Pence Beaver
23 Apr 1869
1st professional baseball exhibition game - Cincinnati Red Stockings 24 Cincinnati amateurs 15
23 Apr 1953
USAF General Charles P. Cabell becomes deputy director of CIA serves until 1962
23 Apr 1953
WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery Alabama (INDCBS) begins broadcasting
23 Apr 1972
26th Tony Awards Sticks and Bones (play) & The Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical) win
23 Apr 1972
Apollo 16 astronauts explore the moons surface
23 Apr 2005
YouTubes co-founder Jawed Karim uploads the first video to YouTube Me at the zoo showing him in front of two elephants at the San Diego Zoo. Has over 311 million views. [1]
23 Apr 2015
Loretta Lynch is confirmed by US Senate vote 56-43 as the first African-American woman as US Attorney-General succeeding Eric Holder
23 Apr 2017
Adam Ondra sets a new highpoint for the Project indoor sport route in Stockholm Sweden
23 Apr 2022
59th Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition opens with 80 participating. Main exhibition The Milk of Dreams curated by Cecilia Aleman. [1]
23 Apr 2022
American Simone Leigh is the first Black woman artist to win the main prize at Venice Biennale for her sculpture Brick House [1]
23 Apr 2022
Venice Biennales top award The Golden Lion (Best National Participation) awarded to UKs Sonia Boyce for her work Feeling Her Way [1]
23 Apr 2023
At least 100 bodies discovered in shallow graves in Shakahola forest eastern Kenya. Believed to be members of Good News International Church which encourages salvation through starvation. [1]
23 Apr 2023
Chevron Championship Womens Golf The Club at Carlton Woods Lilia Vu wins her first major beating fellow American Angel Yin on the first playoff hole
23 Apr 2023
MLB Boston Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida hits a solo home run and a grand slam in the eight inning in 12-5 win over the Brewers in Milwaukee
23 Apr 2024
Australian PM Anthony Albanese hits back at Elon Musk saying it will do whats necessary to take on this arrogant billionaire who thinks hes above the law as a court orders X take down terrorist attack footage
23 Apr 1154
Damascus surrenders to the Nr al-Dn ruler of Aleppo
23 Apr 1521
Battle of Villalar Spanish King Charles I defeats the Comuneros rebels and captures three of their leaders who are executed the following day
23 Apr 1601
Dutch Fifth Expedition sets sail from the Dutch Republic for Sumatra and the Moluccas to trade in spices
23 Apr 1625
Count of Nassau-Dietz Ernst Casimir I is appointed Stadtholder of Groningen and Drenthe
23 Apr 1851
Canada issues its first postage stamp a Three-Pence Beaver
23 Apr 1900
First known occurrence of the word hillbilly (NY Journal)
23 Apr 1921
Charley Paddock runs a world record 100m in 10.4 seconds
23 Apr 1968
First decimal coins issued in Britain the 5 and 10 new pence replacing the shilling and two-shilling pieces
23 Apr 1987
28 construction workers are killed in an apartment collapse in Bridgeport Connecticut
23 Apr 1988
Greek Olympic cyclist Kanellos Kanellopoulos pedals the MIT Daedalus 88 self-powered aircraft a record 71.5 miles (115 km) from Heraklion on the island of Crete to Santorini
23 Apr 1996
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno Nevada on KRZQ 96.5 FM
23 Apr 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns this is not the end phase but still just the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
23 Apr 1616
Netherlands takes control of De Briel Vlissingen and Fort Rammekens from England
23 Apr 1633
The Heilbronn League formed by Sweden and Protestant German monarchy in the Free Imperial City of Heilbronn
23 Apr 1635
Oldest US public institution Boston Latin School is founded
23 Apr 1660
Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland helping to end the Second Northern War
23 Apr 1795
Warren Hastings Governor-General of India acquitted in England of high treason
23 Apr 1918
Zeebrugge Raid Dover Patrol attempted to block Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge to prevent German U-boats from leaving port
23 Apr 1942
4-day allied bombing on Rostock Germany begins
23 Apr 1945
Flossenbrg concentration camp liberated by US army troops
23 Apr 1948
Minnesotas first television station KSTP TV channel 5 (ABC affiliate) aired its 1st broadcast
23 Apr 1949
Netherlands annex several German territories including Elten and Tuddern as apart of post-Wold War II border adjustments
23 Apr 1950
1st Major League Baseball day game completed under lights (Phillies 6 Braves 5)
23 Apr 1950
Nationalist Chinese forces (Kuomintang) evacuates Hainan Island after being defeated by the Peoples Liberation Army
23 Apr 1962
New York Mets win their 1st game ever after starting the season with nine losses beating Pirates 9-1
23 Apr 1962
OAS-leader ex-general Raoul Salan arrested in Algiers
23 Apr 1962
Ranger 4 1st US satellite to reach the Moon launched from Cape Canaveral
23 Apr 1965
Molniya-1 1st Soviet communications satellite launches
23 Apr 1967
Soyuz 1 spacecraft launches Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty when parachute fails
23 Apr 1968
Columbia University Crisis Students for a Democratic Society and the Afro-American Society begin a non-violent six-day strike calling for Columbia to cut ties with the Institute for Defense Analysis. After negotiations fail nearly 1000 police are sent to campus resulting in a violent clash and over 700 students arrested [1]
23 Apr 1968
United Methodist Church forms in Dallas Texas
23 Apr 1977
Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously won-174 drew-17 lost-10
23 Apr 1977
Ethiopian Red Terror Milt workers massacre 300-500 students in Addis Ababa Ethiopia (Red Terror 1976-78)
23 Apr 1984
AIDS virus is identified as HTLV-III (Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type III)
23 Apr 1985
Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepals All-Nepal Football Association invitational tournament 2-0
23 Apr 1987
New Jersey Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica New York there known as the Utica Devils
23 Apr 1988
Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less
23 Apr 1988
Karolina Szab runs female world record for 25k (12929.2) and 30k (14705.6) in Budapest Hungary
23 Apr 1989
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 10 points in his last game as a Laker in a 121-117 win over Seattle SuperSonics at the LA Forum
23 Apr 1991
USSR grants republics the right to secede under certain conditions through a new Union Treaty
23 Apr 1992
Marion Berry (former mayor of Washington D.C.) released from prison
23 Apr 1992
McDonalds opens its 1st restaurant in China serving over 40000 customers on its opening day
23 Apr 1993
Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia with 99.83% in favor
23 Apr 1994
General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions is won by Norm Duke
23 Apr 1996
Sothebys begins a four-day auction of over 5000 Jackie Kennedy items amassing 34.5 million in sales
23 Apr 2005
YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploads the first video to YouTube Me at the zoo showing him in front of two elephants at the San Diego Zoo which has over 311 million views [1]
23 Apr 2025
International Coral Reef Initiative releases study showing that 84% of the worlds coral reefs have been impacted by an ongoing bleaching event that started in January 2023 [1]