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April 23, 215 BC

A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.

April 23, 599

Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city.

April 23, 711

Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks.

April 23, 1014

Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.

April 23, 1016

Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England.

April 23, 1343

St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia.

April 23, 1348

The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day.

April 23, 1500

Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil).

April 23, 1516

The Munich Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria.

April 23, 1521

Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.

April 23, 1635

The first public school in the United States, the Boston Latin School, is founded.

April 23, 1655

The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.

April 23, 1660

Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.

April 23, 1661

King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.

April 23, 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.

April 23, 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.

April 23, 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.

April 23, 1891

Chilean Civil War: The ironclad Blanco Encalada is sunk at Caldera Bay by torpedo boats.

April 23, 1909

In Portugal, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Lisbon, killing at least 60 people and injuring 75.

April 23, 1918

World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.

April 23, 1919

The Estonian Constituent Assembly is held in Estonia, which marks the birth of the Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu.

April 23, 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.

April 23, 1927

Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.

April 23, 1935

The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.

April 23, 1940

The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.

April 23, 1941

World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.

April 23, 1942

World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.

April 23, 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.

April 23, 1946

Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

April 23, 1949

Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.

April 23, 1951

Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.

April 23, 1961

Algiers putsch by French generals.

April 23, 1966

Aeroflot Flight 2723 crashes into the Caspian Sea off the Absheron Peninsula, killing 33 people.

April 23, 1967

Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.

April 23, 1968

Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.

April 23, 1971

Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

April 23, 1979

SAETA Flight 011 crashes in Pastaza Province, Ecuador, killing all 57 people on board. The wreckage was not discovered until 1984.

April 23, 1979

Blair Peach, a British activist, was fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London.

April 23, 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.

April 23, 1990

Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

April 23, 1993

Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.

April 23, 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.

April 23, 1999

NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

April 23, 2005

The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim.

April 23, 2013

At least 111 people are killed and 233 injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.

April 23, 2018

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

April 23, 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.

April 23, 2024

The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy.


  • Born on April 23, 1141 (probable)[18] Malcolm IV of Scotland (d. 1165)
    • Born on April 23, 1185 Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
      • Born on April 23, 1408 John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)
        • Born on April 23, 1420 George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia (d. 1471)
          • Born on April 23, 1464 Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1505)
            • Born on April 23, 1464 Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (d. 1521)
              • Born on April 23, 1484 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (d. 1558)
                • Born on April 23, 1500 Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1565)
                  • Born on April 23, 1500 Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (d. 1576)
                    • Born on April 23, 1512 Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. 1580)
                      • Born on April 23, 1516 Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)
                        • Born on April 23, 1564 William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (d. 1616)
                          • Born on April 23, 1598 Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)
                            • Born on April 23, 1621 William Penn, English admiral and politician (d. 1670)
                              • Born on April 23, 1628 Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1704)
                                • Born on April 23, 1661 Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (d. 1730)
                                  • Born on April 23, 1715 Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor (d. 1797)
                                    • Born on April 23, 1720 Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (d. 1797)
                                      • Born on April 23, 1744 Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (d. 1770)
                                        • Born on April 23, 1748 Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
                                          • Born on April 23, 1791 James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
                                            • Born on April 23, 1792 Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)
                                              • Born on April 23, 1794 Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author (d. 1856)
                                                • Born on April 23, 1805 Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)
                                                  • Born on April 23, 1812 Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)
                                                    • Born on April 23, 1813 Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State (d. 1861)
                                                      • Born on April 23, 1813 Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (d. 1853)
                                                        • Born on April 23, 1818 James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (d. 1894)
                                                          • Born on April 23, 1819 Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1901)
                                                            • Born on April 23, 1853 Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
                                                              • Born on April 23, 1856 Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer (d. 1910)
                                                                • Born on April 23, 1857 Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)
                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1858 Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1860 Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant (d. 1932)
                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1861 Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (d. 1936)
                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1861 John Peltz, American baseball player and manager (d. 1906)
                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1865 Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1867 Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1876 Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (d. 1925)
                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1880 Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1942)
                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1882 Albert Coates, English composer and conductor (d. 1953)
                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1888 Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1967)
                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1889 Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1893 Frank Borzage, American actor and director (d. 1952)
                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1895 Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director (d. 1982)
                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1897 Folke Jansson, Swedish athlete (d. 1965)
                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1897 Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1972)
                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1898 Lucius D. Clay, American general (d. 1978)
                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1899 Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1899 Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (d. 1982)
                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1900 Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1959)
                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1900 Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996)
                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1901 E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist (d. 1988)
                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1902 Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1903 Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general (d. 1974)
                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1904 Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner (d. 1980)
                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1904 Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2001)
                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1904 Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985)
                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1907 Lee Miller, American model and photographer (d. 1977)
                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1907 Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church (d. 1975)
                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1908 Myron Waldman, American animator and director (d. 2006)
                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1910 Sheila Scott Macintyre, Scottish mathematician (d. 1960)
                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1910 Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)
                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1911 Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1913 Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer, and club owner (d. 2013)
                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1915 Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman (d. 2000)
                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1916 Ivo Lola Ribar, Yugoslav communist politician, military leader, and People's Hero of Yugoslavia (d. 1943)
                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1916 Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator (d. 2009)
                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1916 Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist (d. 1982)
                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1917 Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008)
                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1917 Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1918 Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1919 Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel (d. 1963)
                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1920 Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman (d. 2018)
                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1921 Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States (d. 2012)
                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1921 Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (d. 2013)
                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1921 Janet Blair, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1921 Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1923 Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (d. 2010)
                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1923 Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (d. 1993)
                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1924 Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout (d. 2019)
                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1924 Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader (d. 2007)
                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1926 J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright (d. 2017)
                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1926 Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990)
                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1928 Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (d. 2014)
                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1929 George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (d. 2020)
                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1932 Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990)
                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1932 Jim Fixx, American runner and author (d. 1984)
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1933 Annie Easley, American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 2011)
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1934 George Canseco, Filipino composer and producer (d. 2004)
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1936 Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1937 Victoria Glendinning, English author and critic
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1937 David Mills, English cricketer (d. 2013)
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1937 Barry Shepherd, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1939 Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter (d. 2022)
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1939 Bill Hagerty, English journalist
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1939 Lee Majors, American actor
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1939 Ray Peterson, American pop singer (d. 2005)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1940 Michael Copps, American academic and politician
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1940 Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1940 Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1941 Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1941 Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (d. 2018)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1941 Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1941 Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema (d. 2019)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1941 Ed Stewart, English radio and television host (d. 2016)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1941 Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (d. 2016)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1942 Sandra Dee, American model and actress (d. 2005)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1943 Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1943 Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2021)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1943 Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1943 Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1944 Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director (d. 2021)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1946 Blair Brown, American actress
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1946 Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (d. 2014)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1947 Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic (d. 2022)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1947 Glenn Cornick, English bass player (d. 2014)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1947 Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader and politician
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1948 Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1948 Serge Thériault, Canadian actor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1949 Paul Collier, English economist and academic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1949 David Cross, English violinist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1949 John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (d. 2021)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1950 Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1950 Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1951 Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1952 Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1953 James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1954 Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1954 Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1955 Judy Davis, Australian actress
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1955 Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1955 Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2008)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1955 Serge Vohor, Vanuatuan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (d. 2024)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1957 Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1957 Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1958 Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1958 Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1959 Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1960 Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1960 Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1991)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1960 Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1960 Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1960 Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1961 George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1961 Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1962 John Hannah, Scottish actor and producer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1962 Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1963 Paul Belmondo, French race car driver
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1963 Robby Naish, American windsurfer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1964 Gianandrea Noseda, Italian pianist and conductor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1965 Leni Robredo, Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1966 Jörg Deisinger, German bass player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1966 Matt Freeman, American bass player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1966 Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (d. 1999)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1967 Rhéal Cormier, Canadian baseball player (d. 2021)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1967 Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1968 Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1968 Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1968 Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator (d. 2001)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1969 Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1969 Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast (d. 2018)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1970 Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1970 Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1970 Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1970 Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1970 Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1971 Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1972 Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1972 Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1972 Amira Medunjanin, Bosnian singer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1973 Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1974 Carlos Dengler, American bass player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1974 Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1975 Bobby Shaw, American football player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1976 Gabriel Damon, American actor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1976 Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1977 John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1977 Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1977 David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1977 Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1977 John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1977 Kal Penn, Indian-American actor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1977 Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1977 Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1978 Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1979 Barry Hawkins, English snooker player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1979 Jaime King, American actress and model
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1979 Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and television personality
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1979 Samppa Lajunen, Finnish skier
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1980 Nicole den Dulk, Dutch Paralympic equestrian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1982 Kyle Beckerman, American footballer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1982 Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1983 Leon Andreasen, Danish international footballer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1983 Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1983 Ian Henderson, English rugby league player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1984 Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1984 Moose, American professional wrestler and football player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1984 Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1985 Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1986 Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1986 Alysia Montaño, American runner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1986 Rafael Fernandes, Brazilian baseball player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1987 Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1987 John Boye, Ghanaian footballer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1987 Emily Fox, American basketball player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1988 Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1988 Sandra Borch, Norwegian politician
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1988 Alistair Brownlee, English triathlete
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1988 Patrick Maroon, American ice hockey player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1988 Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1988 Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1989 Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1990 Rui Fonte, Portuguese footballer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1990 Dev Patel, English actor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1991 Britt Baker, American professional wrestler
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1991 Nathan Baker, English footballer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1991 Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1991 Kyle Juszczyk, American football player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1991 Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 1994 Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 1994 Song Kang, South Korean actor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 1995 Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Born on April 23, 1995 Jamie Hayter, English professional wrestler
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Born on April 23, 1996 Carolina Alves, Brazilian tennis player
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Born on April 23, 1997 Zach Apple, American swimmer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Born on April 23, 1999 Son Chaeyoung, South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Born on April 23, 1999 Laufey, Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Born on April 23, 2000 Chloe Kim, American snowboarder
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Born on April 23, 2000 Lee Jeno, South Korean rapper, vocalist and dancer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Born on April 23, 2018 Prince Louis of Wales

  • Died on April 23, 303 Saint George, Roman soldier and martyr
    • Died on April 23, 711 Childebert III, Frankish king (b. 670)
      • Died on April 23, 725 Wihtred of Kent
        • Died on April 23, 871 Æthelred of Wessex (b. 837)
          • Died on April 23, 915 Yang Shihou, Chinese general
            • Died on April 23, 944 Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman
              • Died on April 23, 990 Ekkehard II, Swiss monk and abbot
                • Died on April 23, 997 Adalbert of Prague, Czech bishop, missionary, and saint (b. 956)
                  • Died on April 23, 1014 Brian Boru, Irish king (b. 941)
                    • Died on April 23, 1014 Domnall mac Eimín, Mormaer of Mar
                      • Died on April 23, 1016 Æthelred the Unready, English son of Edgar the Peaceful (b. 968)
                        • Died on April 23, 1124 Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
                          • Died on April 23, 1151 Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103)
                            • Died on April 23, 1170 Minamoto no Tametomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1139)
                              • Died on April 23, 1196 Béla III of Hungary (b. c. 1148)
                                • Died on April 23, 1200 Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (b. 1130)
                                  • Died on April 23, 1217 Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
                                    • Died on April 23, 1262 Aegidius of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi
                                      • Died on April 23, 1307 Joan of Acre (b. 1272)
                                        • Died on April 23, 1400 Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, English politician and nobleman (b. c. 1338)
                                          • Died on April 23, 1407 Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
                                            • Died on April 23, 1501 Domenico della Rovere, Catholic cardinal (b. 1442)
                                              • Died on April 23, 1554 Gaspara Stampa, Italian poet (b. 1523)
                                                • Died on April 23, 1605 Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (b. 1551)
                                                  • Died on April 23, 1616 William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (b. 1564)
                                                    • Died on April 23, 1616 Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish writer and historian (b. 1539)
                                                      • Died on April 23, 1625 Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
                                                        • Died on April 23, 1695 Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
                                                          • Died on April 23, 1702 Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
                                                            • Died on April 23, 1781 James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
                                                              • Died on April 23, 1784 Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
                                                                • Died on April 23, 1792 Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
                                                                  • Died on April 23, 1794 Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
                                                                    • Died on April 23, 1827 Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
                                                                      • Died on April 23, 1839 Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
                                                                        • Died on April 23, 1850 William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
                                                                          • Died on April 23, 1865 Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (b. 1838)
                                                                            • Died on April 23, 1889 Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
                                                                              • Died on April 23, 1895 Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
                                                                                • Died on April 23, 1905 Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 1907 Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
                                                                                    • Died on April 23, 1915 Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
                                                                                      • Died on April 23, 1936 Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
                                                                                        • Died on April 23, 1951 Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
                                                                                          • Died on April 23, 1951 Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
                                                                                            • Died on April 23, 1959 Bak Jungyang, Korean politician (b. 1872)
                                                                                              • Died on April 23, 1965 George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
                                                                                                • Died on April 23, 1966 George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
                                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 1981 Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
                                                                                                    • Died on April 23, 1983 Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
                                                                                                      • Died on April 23, 1984 Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
                                                                                                        • Died on April 23, 1985 Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
                                                                                                          • Died on April 23, 1985 Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
                                                                                                            • Died on April 23, 1986 Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
                                                                                                              • Died on April 23, 1986 Jim Laker, English international cricketer and sportscaster; holder of world record for most wickets taken in a match (b. 1922)
                                                                                                                • Died on April 23, 1986 Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
                                                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 1990 Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
                                                                                                                    • Died on April 23, 1991 Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
                                                                                                                      • Died on April 23, 1992 Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
                                                                                                                        • Died on April 23, 1992 Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1912)
                                                                                                                          • Died on April 23, 1993 Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (b. 1927)
                                                                                                                            • Died on April 23, 1995 Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)
                                                                                                                              • Died on April 23, 1995 Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)
                                                                                                                                • Died on April 23, 1995 Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (b. 1904)
                                                                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 1995 John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)
                                                                                                                                    • Died on April 23, 1996 Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
                                                                                                                                      • Died on April 23, 1996 P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (b. 1899)
                                                                                                                                        • Died on April 23, 1997 Denis Compton, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1918)
                                                                                                                                          • Died on April 23, 1998 Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)
                                                                                                                                            • Died on April 23, 1998 James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1928)
                                                                                                                                              • Died on April 23, 1998 Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and lyra player (b. 1920)
                                                                                                                                                • Died on April 23, 2003 Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer (b. 1910)
                                                                                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 2004 Herman Veenstra, Dutch water polo player (b. 1911)
                                                                                                                                                    • Died on April 23, 2005 Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
                                                                                                                                                      • Died on April 23, 2005 Robert Farnon, Canadian-English trumpet player, composer and conductor (b. 1917)
                                                                                                                                                        • Died on April 23, 2005 Al Grassby, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1928)
                                                                                                                                                          • Died on April 23, 2005 John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
                                                                                                                                                            • Died on April 23, 2005 Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
                                                                                                                                                              • Died on April 23, 2005 Earl Wilson, American baseball player, coach and educator (b. 1934)
                                                                                                                                                                • Died on April 23, 2006 Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (b. 1940)
                                                                                                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 2007 Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (b. 1932)
                                                                                                                                                                    • Died on April 23, 2007 David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)
                                                                                                                                                                      • Died on April 23, 2007 Peter Randall, English sergeant (b. 1930)
                                                                                                                                                                        • Died on April 23, 2007 Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (b. 1931)
                                                                                                                                                                          • Died on April 23, 2010 Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (b. 1929)
                                                                                                                                                                            • Died on April 23, 2011 James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (b. 1922)
                                                                                                                                                                              • Died on April 23, 2011 Tom King, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
                                                                                                                                                                                • Died on April 23, 2011 Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, English businessman and politician (b. 1921)
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 2011 Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of State (b. 1924)
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Died on April 23, 2011 John Sullivan, English screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Died on April 23, 2012 Lillemor Arvidsson, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 34th Governor of Gotland (b. 1943)
                                                                                                                                                                                        • Died on April 23, 2012 Billy Bryans, Canadian drummer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Died on April 23, 2012 Chris Ethridge, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1947)
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Died on April 23, 2012 Raymond Thorsteinsson, Canadian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1921)
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Died on April 23, 2012 LeRoy T. Walker, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Died on April 23, 2013 Bob Brozman, American guitarist (b. 1954)
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 2013 Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (b. 1943)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Died on April 23, 2013 Tony Grealish, English footballer (b. 1956)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Died on April 23, 2013 Antonio Maccanico, Italian banker and politician (b. 1924)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Died on April 23, 2013 Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Died on April 23, 2013 Kathryn Wasserman Davis, American philanthropist and scholar (b. 1907)
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Died on April 23, 2014 Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (b. 1946)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Died on April 23, 2014 Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1959)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Died on April 23, 2014 Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (b. 1912)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 2014 Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Died on April 23, 2014 F. Michael Rogers, American general (b. 1921)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Died on April 23, 2014 Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (b. 1951)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Died on April 23, 2014 Patric Standford, English composer and educator (b. 1939)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Died on April 23, 2015 Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (b. 1944)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Died on April 23, 2015 Ray Jackson, Australian activist (b. 1941)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Died on April 23, 2015 Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (b. 1950)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Died on April 23, 2015 Jim Steffen, American football player (b. 1936)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 2015 Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (b. 1967)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Died on April 23, 2016 Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (b. 1915)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Died on April 23, 2016 Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister from 1995 to 1996 (b. 1932)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Died on April 23, 2019 Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, American soprano singer and presenter (b. 1983)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Died on April 23, 2019 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1921)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Died on April 23, 2021 Dan Kaminsky, American internet security researcher (b. 1979)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Died on April 23, 2022 Orrin Hatch, American politician, President pro tempore of the United States Senate (b. 1934)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Died on April 23, 2024 Frank Field, British politician (b. 1942)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Died on April 23, 2024 Helen Vendler, American Literary Critic (b. 1933)

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