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 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.
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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 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.
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June 23 Historical Events
- 1180 –First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
- 1305 –A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.
- 1565 –Turgut Reis (Dragut), commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Siege of Malta.
- 1758 –Seven Years’ War: Battle of Krefeld – British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
- 1865 –American Civil War: at Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.
- 1938 –The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
- 1942 –World War II: Germany’s latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1884 –Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1979)
- 1889 –Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)
- 1903 –Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (d. 1992)
- 1948 –Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- 1955 –Jean Tigana, French footballer
- 1962 –Kevin Yagher, American special effects technician
- 1966 –Chico DeBarge, American R&B singer (DeBarge)
- 1976 –Brandon Stokley, American football player
- 1976 –Patrick Vieira, French footballer
- 1979 –LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
Who died on June 23?
- 1018 –Henry I, Margrave of Austria (birth year unknown)
- 1615 –Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord (b. 1545)
- 1733 –Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (b. 1672)
- 1836 –James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian, (b. 1773)
- 1980 –Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician; son of Indira Gandhi (b. 1946)
- 1992 –Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)
- 1999 –Buster Merryfield, British actor (b. 1920)
- 2002 –Pedro ‘El Rockero’Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
- 2008 –Arthur Chung, Guyanan politician (b. 1918)
- 2009 –John Callaway, American journalist (b. 1936)
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