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 113th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 252 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 10, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,089,440 minutes 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 ‘hectadecatrigon’ day.
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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 300 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 4,506 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 23 Historical Events
- 215 BC –A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
- 1016 –Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England,
- 1343 –Estonia: St. George’s Night Uprising.
- 1521 –Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
- 1635 –The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1932 –The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later.
- 1949 –Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People’s Liberation Army Navy.
- 1951 –American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
- 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.
Who were born on April 23?
- 1895 –Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (d. 1982)
- 1901 –E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist (d. 1988)
- 1939 –Lee Majors, American actor
- 1948 –Serge Thériault, French-Canadian comedian and actor
- 1967 –Kim Hee-ae, South Korean actress
- 1969 –Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
- 1972 –Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet
- 1979 –Lauri Ylönen, Finnish singer (The Rasmus)
- 1987 –Boaz Mauda, Israeli singer
- 1988 –Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
Who died on April 23?
- 1014 –Brian Boru, High King of Ireland
- 1407 –Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
- 1827 –Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek War of Independence figure
- 1850 –William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
- 1952 –Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (b. 1887)
- 1984 –Red Garland, American jazz pianist (b. 1923)
- 1991 –Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952)
- 1995 –Howard Cosell, American attorney and sportscaster (b. 1918)
- 2006 –Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot (b. 1912)
- 2011 –John Sullivan, British comedy writer (b. 1946)
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