# What happened on April 23 in history?

**Date:** April 23  
**Events recorded:** 48  
**Years spanned:** 215 BC – 2024  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/april/23/

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## Featured Event

**2018** — A vehicle-ramming attack kills 11 people and injures 15 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Toronto_van_attack)

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## Events on this date

- **215 BC** — A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Venus_Erycina_(Capitoline_Hill)))
- **599** — Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/599))
- **711** — Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_711))
- **1014** — Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Clontarf))
- **1016** — Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Ironside))
- **1343** — St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George's_Night_Uprising))
- **1348** — The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter))
- **1500** — Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral))
- **1516** — The Munich Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot))
- **1521** — Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Villalar))
- **1635** — The first public school in the United States, the Boston Latin School, is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Latin_School))
- **1655** — The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Santo_Domingo_(1655)))
- **1660** — Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Oliva))
- **1661** — King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England))
- **1724** — Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, illustrating the topic of the Good Shepherd in pastoral music. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Serbian_Uprising))
- **1879** — Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame))
- **1891** — Chilean Civil War: The ironclad Blanco Encalada is sunk at Caldera Bay by torpedo boats. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_Civil_War_of_1891))
- **1909** — In Portugal, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Lisbon, killing at least 60 people and injuring 75. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909_Benavente_earthquake))
- **1918** — World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1919** — The Estonian Constituent Assembly is held in Estonia, which marks the birth of the Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_Constituent_Assembly))
- **1920** — The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey))
- **1927** — Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C.))
- **1935** — The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Constitution_of_Poland))
- **1940** — The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_Club_fire))
- **1941** — World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1942** — World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baedeker_Blitz))
- **1945** — World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of Nazi Germany. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Göring that the telegram is treasonous. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler))
- **1946** — Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Roxas))
- **1949** — Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War))
- **1951** — Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War))
- **1961** — During the Algiers putsch by French generals, President Charles de Gaulle announces he has assumed emergency powers, and calls on troops and civilians to support him. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers_putsch_of_1961))
- **1966** — Aeroflot Flight 2723 crashes into the Caspian Sea off the Absheron Peninsula, killing 33 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_2723))
- **1967** — Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1), a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, is launched into orbit. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_program))
- **1968** — Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War))
- **1971** — Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War))
- **1979** — SAETA Flight 011 crashes in Pastaza Province, Ecuador, killing all 57 people on board. The wreckage was not discovered until 1984. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAETA_Flight_011_(1979)))
- **1979** — Blair Peach, a British activist, is fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Blair_Peach))
- **1985** — Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola))
- **1990** — Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia))
- **1993** — Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea))
- **1993** — Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka))
- **1999** — NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO))
- **2005** — The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", is published by co-founder Jawed Karim. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube))
- **2013** — At least 111 people are killed and 233 injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Hawija_clashes))
- **2018** — A vehicle-ramming attack kills 11 people and injures 15 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Toronto_van_attack))
- **2019** — The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing and presumed dead. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2019_Hpakant_jade_mine_collapse))
- **2024** — The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lumut_mid-air_collision))

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## Notable births on April 23

- **2018** — **Prince Louis of Wales** — British royal ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Louis_of_Wales))
- **2000** — **Chloe Kim** — American snowboarder ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloe_Kim))
- **2000** — **Lee Jeno** — South Korean rapper, vocalist and dancer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeno_(singer)))
- **1999** — **Son Chaeyoung** — South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaeyoung))
- **1999** — **Laufey** — Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laufey_(singer)))
- **1997** — **Zach Apple** — American swimmer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Apple))
- **1996** — **Carolina Alves** — Brazilian tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Alves_(tennis)))
- **1995** — **Gigi Hadid** — American fashion model and television personality ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Hadid))
- **1995** — **Jamie Hayter** — English professional wrestler ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Hayter))
- **1994** — **Patrick Olsen** — Danish footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Olsen))

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## Notable deaths on April 23

- **2026** — **Łukasz Litewka** — Polish Parliament Member (born 1989) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81ukasz_Litewka))
- **2024** — **Frank Field** — British politician (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Field%2C_Baron_Field_of_Birkenhead))
- **2024** — **Helen Vendler** — American Literary Critic (born 1933) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Vendler))
- **2022** — **Orrin Hatch** — American politician, President pro tempore of the United States Senate (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_Hatch))
- **2021** — **Dan Kaminsky** — American internet security researcher (born 1979) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kaminsky))
- **2019** — **Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick** — American soprano singer and presenter (born 1983) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_Sunshine_Tillemann-Dick))
- **2019** — **Jean** — Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1921) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg))
- **2016** — **Inge King** — German-born Australian sculptor (born 1915) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inge_King))
- **2016** — **Banharn Silpa-archa** — Thai politician, Prime Minister from 1995 to 1996 (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banharn_Silpa-archa))
- **2015** — **Richard Corliss** — American journalist and critic (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Corliss))

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