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
- 215 BC –A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
- 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.
- 1815 –The Second Serbian Uprising – a second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
- 1920 –The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
- 1935 –The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
- 1955 –The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
- 1967 –Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) is a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
- 1997 –Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed.
- 2003 –Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
Who were born on April 23?
- 1857 –Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)
- 1858 –Ethel Mary Smyth, English composer (d. 1944)
- 1867 –Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1928)
- 1891 –Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (d. 1953)
- 1922 –Jack May, British actor (d. 1997)
- 1932 –Jim Fixx, American athlete and writer (d. 1984)
- 1968 –Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein of Jordan
- 1977 –Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 –Lauri Ylönen, Finnish singer (The Rasmus)
- 1990 –Matthew Underwood, American actor
Who died on April 23?
- 1605 –Tsar Boris Godunov of Russia (b. c. 1550)
- 1827 –Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek War of Independence figure
- 1850 –William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
- 1895 –Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1815)
- 1979 –Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)
- 1992 –Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (b. 1921)
- 1998 –Thanassis Skordalos, Greek musician (b. 1920)
- 2003 –James H. Critchfield, American Central Intelligence agent (b. 1917)
- 2005 –Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (b. 1928)
- 2006 –Phil Walden, American rock group manager (b. 1940)
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