About April 23
April 23, 2025 is the 113th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 252 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Taurus is the sun 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 300 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 23
- 215 BC –A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
- 1014 –Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
- 1343 –Estonia: St. George’s Night Uprising.
- 1348 –The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George’s Day.
- 1521 –Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
- 1660 –Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
- 1910 –Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.
- 1918 –World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
- 1920 –The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara.
- 1920 –The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
- 1927 –Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children’s Day as a national holiday.
- 1932 –The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later.
- 1940 –The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
- 1941 –World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
- 1955 –The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
- 1967 –Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) is a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
- 1985 –Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
- 1990 –Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1993 –Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
- 2003 –Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
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