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 174th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 191 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 10, 2022 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,599,040 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.
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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 213 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 3,471 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 23 Historical Events
- 1305 –A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.
- 1887 –The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation’s first national park, Banff National Park.
- 1914 –Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
- 1941 –The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
- 1946 –The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
- 1967 –Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
- 1969 –Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
- 1972 –Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.
- 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.
- 1985 –A terrorist bomb aboard Air India flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
Who were born on June 23?
- 1894 –Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956)
- 1912 –Alan Turing, English mathematician (d. 1954)
- 1919 –Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian political leader (d. 1992)
- 1937 –Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (d. 2004)
- 1941 –Richard M. Roberts, American attorney
- 1949 –Gordon Bray, Australian sports broadcaster
- 1955 –Jordan, British actress and model
- 1957 –Frances McDormand, American actress
- 1962 –Kari Takko, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1984 –Dave Walsh, American professional gamer
Who died on June 23?
- 79 –Emperor Vespasian of Rome (b. 9)
- 1686 –William Coventry, English statesman (b. c. 1628)
- 1836 –James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian, (b. 1773)
- 1893 –Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British-born South African statesman (b. 1817)
- 1981 –Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1907)
- 1982 –Vincent Chin, Chinese-born American murder victim (b. 1955)
- 1998 –Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b. 1911)
- 2006 –Aaron Spelling, American television producer (b. 1923)
- 2008 –Arthur Chung, Guyanan politician (b. 1918)
- 2008 –Claudio Capone, Italian-born Scottish voice actor (b. 1952)
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