What are the important events that happened on April 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 23 is the 114th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 252 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 10, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 476,064 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecatetragon’ day.
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 281 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,141 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 23 Historical Events
- 1016 –Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England,
- 1348 –The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George’s Day.
- 1661 –King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- 1935 –The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
- 1949 –Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People’s Liberation Army Navy.
- 1955 –The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
- 1961 –Algiers putsch by French generals.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
- 1990 –Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1997 –Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed.
Who were born on April 23?
- 1725 –Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)
- 1834 –Artemus Ward, American comic writer (d. 1867)
- 1853 –Winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
- 1876 –Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925)
- 1900 –Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1901 –E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist (d. 1988)
- 1921 –Janet Blair, American actress (d. 2007)
- 1947 –Glenn Cornick, British musician (Jethro Tull)
- 1979 –Lauri Ylönen, Finnish singer (The Rasmus)
- 1985 –Angel Locsin, Filipina actress
Who died on April 23?
- 871 –Ethelred of Wessex
- 1605 –Tsar Boris Godunov of Russia (b. c. 1550)
- 1850 –William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
- 1889 –Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1905 –Gédéon Ouimet, Quebec politician (b. 1823)
- 1983 –Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
- 1991 –Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952)
- 1992 –Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (b. 1921)
- 2007 –David Halberstam, American journalist and author (b. 1934)
- 2011 –Tom King, American songwriter and musician (b. 1943)
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