On This Day — June 23

🕰️ Notable Events on June 23

• 2016 — The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%. Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction. Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope. Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — Militants stormed a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and killed ten climbers, as well as a local guide. Wikipedia ↗
• 2012 — Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials. Wikipedia ↗
• 2001 — The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured. Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — A terrorist bomb aboard Air India Flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard. Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — A fire at a house in Hull, England which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale. Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds. Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren. Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry. Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference. Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Cold War: The Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent, comes into force after the opening date for signature set for the December 1, 1959. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world. Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career. Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa. Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — The ocean liner, SS United States, is christened and launched. Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act. Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later. Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city. Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States. Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane. Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — The College Board administers the first SAT exam. Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire. Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta. Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran. Wikipedia ↗
• 1894 — The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Wikipedia ↗
• 1887 — The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park. Wikipedia ↗
• 1868 — Typewriter: Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer." Wikipedia ↗
• 1865 — American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army. Wikipedia ↗
• 1860 — The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office. Wikipedia ↗
• 1812 — War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war. Wikipedia ↗
• 1810 — John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company. Wikipedia ↗
• 1794 — Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev. Wikipedia ↗
• 1780 — American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township). Wikipedia ↗
• 1760 — Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1758 — Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: Allied (British, Hanoverian, and Prussian) forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany. Wikipedia ↗
• 1757 — Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey. Wikipedia ↗
• 1713 — The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada. Wikipedia ↗
• 1683 — William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. Wikipedia ↗
• 1611 — The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again. Wikipedia ↗
• 1594 — The Action of Faial, Azores. The Portuguese carrack "Chagas", loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 1000 on board. Wikipedia ↗
• 1565 — Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta. Wikipedia ↗
• 1532 — Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France sign a secret treaty against Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Wikipedia ↗
• 1314 — First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins. Wikipedia ↗
• 1305 — A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge. Wikipedia ↗
• 1280 — The Battle of Moclín takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadian victory. Wikipedia ↗
• 1180 — First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan. Wikipedia ↗
• 229 — Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on June 23

• 2009 — Xia Vigor, British-Filipino child actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Tim Anderson, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Marvin Grumann, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Luiza Galiulina, Uzbekistani gymnast Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Nampalys Mendy, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Katie Armiger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Damien Cook, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Clevid Dikamona, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Laura Ràfols, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Jordan Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Chet Faker, Australian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Alessia Filippi, Italian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Marcel Reece, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Duffy, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Takeshi Matsuda, Japanese swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Levern Spencer, Saint Lucian high jumper Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — José Manuel Rojas, Chilean footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Derek Boogaard, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Antony Costa, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Rolf Wacha, German rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Becky Cloonan, American author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Melissa Rauch, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Memphis Bleek, American rapper, producer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Frederic Leclercq, French heavy metal musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Matt Light, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Hayden Foxe, Australian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Jaan Jüris, Estonian ski jumper Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Shaun O'Hara, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Wade Barrett, American soccer player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Joe Becker, American guitarist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Savvas Poursaitidis, Greek-Cypriot footballer and scout Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Brandon Stokley, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Paola Suárez, Argentinian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Patrick Vieira, French footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Kevin Dyson, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — David Howell, English golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Mike James, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Joel Edgerton, Australian actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Mark Hendrickson, American basketball and baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Selma Blair, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Louis Van Amstel, Dutch dancer and choreographer Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Fred Ewanuick, Canadian actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Robert Brooks, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Martin Deschamps, Canadian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Yann Tiersen, French singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Martin Klebba, American actor, producer, and stuntman Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Chico DeBarge, American singer and pianist Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Paul Arthurs, English guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Peter O'Malley, Australian golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Nicolas Marceau, Canadian economist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Tara Morice, Australian actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Lou Yun, Chinese gymnast Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Chuck Billy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Richard Arnold, English lawyer and judge Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Zoran Janjetov, Serbian singer and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — LaSalle Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Donald Harrison, American saxophonist, composer, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese composer and programmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — John Hayes, English politician, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Dave Houghton, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Frances McDormand, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Daniel J. Drucker, Canadian academic and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Raj Babbar, Indian actor and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Gordon Bray, Australian journalist and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and judge Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Bryan Brown, Australian actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Julian Hipwood, English polo player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Ted Shackelford, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, President of Southern Sudan (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Patrick Bokanowski, French filmmaker Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Ellyn Kaschak, American psychologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — James Levine, American pianist and conductor Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Roger McDonald, Australian author and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Keith Newton, English footballer (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Adam Faith, English singer (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Stuart Sutcliffe, British painter and musician (d. 1962) Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Scott Burton, American sculptor (d. 1989) Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish captain and politician, 10th President of Finland, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Alan Haselhurst, English academic and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Richard Bach, American novelist and essayist Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Costas Simitis, Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, 180th Prime Minister of Greece Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Maurice Ferré, Puerto Rican-American politician, 32nd Mayor of Miami Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Keith Burkinshaw, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Keith Sutton, English bishop (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Bill Torrey, Canadian businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Peter Millett, Baron Millett, English lawyer and judge Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (d. 1981) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Donn F. Eisele, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1987) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — John Elliott, English historian and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall, English businessman and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Anthony Thwaite, English poet, critic, and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Jean Cione, American baseball player (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Michael Shaara, American author and academic (d. 1988) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 1987) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — John Habgood, Baron Habgood, English archbishop Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Magda Herzberger, Romanian author, poet and composer, survivor of the Holocaust Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, Senegalese writer Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian sculptor Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Miriam Karlin, English actress (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Art Modell, American businessman (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Peter Corr, Irish-English footballer and manager (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Doris Johnson, American politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Jerry Rullo, American professional basketball player (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian communist and Partisan (d. 1945) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Morris R. Jeppson, American lieutenant and physicist (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (d. 1992) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Irene Worth, American actress (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Frances Gabe, American artist and inventor (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — William P. Rogers, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (d. 1987) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Bill King, English commander and author (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Lawson Little, American golfer (d. 1968) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — David Lewis, Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1981) Wikipedia ↗

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