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 175th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 191 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 10, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,528 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 ‘hectaheptacontapentagon’ 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 220 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 4,202 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 23 Historical Events
- 1713 –The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 1758 –Seven Years’ War: Battle of Krefeld – British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
- 1794 –Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev.
- 1887 –The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation’s first national park, Banff National Park.
- 1931 –Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
- 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.
- 1958 –The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers.
- 1969 –Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
- 1973 –A fire at a house in Hull, England which kills a six year old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
Who were born on June 23?
- 1716 –Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (d. 1789)
- 1916 –Len Hutton, English cricketer (d. 1990)
- 1940 –Lord Irvine of Lairg, Scottish Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
- 1948 –Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- 1957 –Frances McDormand, American actress
- 1976 –Patrick Monahan, British comedian
- 1976 –Patrick Vieira, French footballer
- 1977 –Jason Mraz, American singer and songwriter
- 1978 –Matt Light, American football player
- 1984 –Duffy, Welsh singer and songwriter
Who died on June 23?
- 1615 –Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord (b. 1545)
- 1677 –Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
- 1686 –William Coventry, English statesman (b. c. 1628)
- 1956 –Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (b. 1875)
- 1997 –Betty Shabazz, American educator and widow of Malcolm X (b. 1936)
- 2002 –Pedro ‘El Rockero’Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
- 2005 –Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (b. 1925)
- 2006 –Aaron Spelling, American television producer (b. 1923)
- 2007 –Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)
- 2008 –Marian Glinka, Polish actor (b. 1943)
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