What are the important events that happened on June 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 23: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 23 is the 174^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 191 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 10, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,177,280 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 ‘hectaheptacontatetragon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 239 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 4,567 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 23 Historical Events

• 79 –
  Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as the tenth Roman Emperor.
• 1314 –
  First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins.
• 1683 –
  William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
• 1917 –
  In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
• 1938 –
  The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• 1943 –
  World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
• 1956 –
  The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
• 1959 –
  A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim (Norway) kills 34 people.
• 1959 –
  Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
• 1982 –
  Chinese American Vincent Chin is beaten to death in Highland Park, Michigan, by two auto workers who had mistaken him for Japanese and who were angry about the success of Japanese auto companies.

Who were born on June 23?

• 1683 –
  Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (d. 1745)
• 1888 –
  Lee Moran, American actor (d. 1961)
• 1943 –
  Vint Cerf, American computer scientist
• 1945 –
  John Garang, Sudanese politician (d. 2005)
• 1951 –
  Michèle Mouton, French racecar driver
• 1965 –
  Paul Arthurs, British guitarist (Oasis)
• 1969 –
  Martin Klebba, American actor
• 1977 –
  Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
• 1981 –
  Rolf Wacha, German rugby player
• 1984 –
  Takeshi Matsuda, Japanese swimmer

Who died on June 23?

• 1582 –
  Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military leader (b. 1537)
• 1677 –
  Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
• 1770 –
  Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)
• 1775 –
  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (b. 1692)
• 1959 –
  Boris Vian, French writer and musician (b. 1920)
• 1992 –
  Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)
• 1997 –
  Betty Shabazz, American educator and widow of Malcolm X (b. 1936)
• 1998 –
  Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b. 1911)
• 2007 –
  Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)
• 2008 –
  Marian Glinka, Polish actor (b. 1943)