WillDekkard
04-23-2010, 04:30 PM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- April 23rd
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* 215 BC A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 1014 Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
* 1229 Ferdinand III of Castile conquers Cαceres.
* 1343 Estonia: St. George's Night Uprising.
* 1348 The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George's Day.
* 1521 Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
* 1597 William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I in attendance.
* 1635 The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1660 Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
* 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.
* 1867 William Lincoln patents the zoetrope, a machine that shows animated pictures by mounting a strip of drawings in a wheel.
* 1910 Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.
* 1920 The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
* 1920 The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is founded in Ankara.
* 1923 Inauguration ceremonies take place of Gdynia as a temporary military port and fishers' shelter.
* 1927 Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children's Day as a national holiday.
* 1932 The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down.
* 1935 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
* 1940 The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
* 1941 World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
* 1942 World War II: Baedeker Blitz German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lόbeck.
* 1948 1948 Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, the major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces.
* 1949 Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
* 1961 Algiers putsch by French generals.
* 1967 Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) was a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
* 1968 Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
* 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 3 months.
* 1987 28 construction workers die when the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
* 1990 Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
* 1993 Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
* 1997 Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed.
* 2003 Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
* 2009 The gamma ray burst GRB 090423 is observed for 10 seconds. The event signals the most distant object of any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe.
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- April 23rd
c/p from Wikipedia
* 215 BC A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 1014 Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
* 1229 Ferdinand III of Castile conquers Cαceres.
* 1343 Estonia: St. George's Night Uprising.
* 1348 The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George's Day.
* 1521 Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
* 1597 William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I in attendance.
* 1635 The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1660 Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
* 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.
* 1867 William Lincoln patents the zoetrope, a machine that shows animated pictures by mounting a strip of drawings in a wheel.
* 1910 Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.
* 1920 The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
* 1920 The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is founded in Ankara.
* 1923 Inauguration ceremonies take place of Gdynia as a temporary military port and fishers' shelter.
* 1927 Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children's Day as a national holiday.
* 1932 The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down.
* 1935 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
* 1940 The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
* 1941 World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
* 1942 World War II: Baedeker Blitz German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lόbeck.
* 1948 1948 Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, the major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces.
* 1949 Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
* 1961 Algiers putsch by French generals.
* 1967 Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) was a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
* 1968 Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
* 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 3 months.
* 1987 28 construction workers die when the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
* 1990 Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
* 1993 Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
* 1997 Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed.
* 2003 Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
* 2009 The gamma ray burst GRB 090423 is observed for 10 seconds. The event signals the most distant object of any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe.
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