About April 23

April 23, 2020 is the 114th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 252 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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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 295 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.
  • 1635 –
    The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1935 –
    The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
  • 1949 –
    Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People’s Liberation Army Navy.
  • 1951 –
    American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
  • 1955 –
    The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
  • 1961 –
    Algiers putsch by French generals.
  • 1967 –
    Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) is a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
  • 1968 –
    Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
  • 1985 –
    Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
  • 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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