April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 252 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
1014 – Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
1348 – The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day.
1516 – The Bayerische Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) is signed in Ingolstadt.
1635 – The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
1516 – The Bayerische Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) is signed in Ingolstadt.
1635 – The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
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.
1918 – World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
1942 – World War II: Baedeker Blitz – German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor Hermann Göring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz.
1949 – Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
1967 – Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
1949 – Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
1967 – Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
1985 – 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 three months.
1993 – Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
1993 – Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
1564 – William Shakespeare, English poet, playwright, and actor (d.1616)
2005 – The first ever YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by user "jawed".
2013 – At least 28 people are killed and more than 70 are injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.
2013 – At least 28 people are killed and more than 70 are injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1564 – William Shakespeare, English poet, playwright, and actor (d.1616)
1621 – William Penn, English admiral and politician (d. 1670)
1791 – James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
1813 – Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State (d. 1861)
1858 – Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, German theoretical physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, discovery of energy quanta and the Planck Constant (d. 1947)
1921 – Warren Edward Spahn, American baseball player and coach, only MLB pitcher to get as many hits as wins in his career, 363 (d. 2003)
1932 – Jim Fixx, American runner and author, died of a heart attack while running (d. 1984)
1933 – Annie Easley, African-American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 2011)
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