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What are the important events that happened on April 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 23 is the 114th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 252 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 10, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,713,830,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecatetragon’ day.
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 281 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,141 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 23 Historical Events
- 1635 –The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1660 –Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
- 1918 –World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
- 1990 –Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Who were born on April 23?
- 1858 –Ethel Mary Smyth, English composer (d. 1944)
- 1891 –Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (d. 1953)
- 1924 –Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (d. 2007)
- 1967 –Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
- 1988 –Molly Burnett, American actress
Who died on April 23?
- 1975 –William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)
- 1990 –Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2011 –Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill (b. 1921)
- 2011 –John Sullivan, British comedy writer (b. 1946)
- 2011 –Tom King, American songwriter and musician (b. 1943)
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