23 April
Notable Births
Prince Louis of Wales
b. 2018
British prince (born 2018)
Chloe Kim
b. 2000
American snowboarder (born 2000)
Jeno (singer)
b. 2000
South Korean rapper and singer (born 2000)
Chaeyoung
b. 1999
South Korean singer (born 1999)
Laufey (singer)
b. 1999
Icelandic singer (born 1999)
Carolina Alves (tennis)
b. 1996
Brazilian tennis player (born 1996)
Gigi Hadid
b. 1995
American model (born 1995)
Jamie Hayter
b. 1995
English professional wrestler (born 1995)
Song Kang
b. 1994
South Korean actor (born 1994)
Britt Baker
b. 1991
American professional wrestler (born 1991)
Nathan Baker
b. 1991
English footballer (born 1991)
Sven Kramer
b. 1986
Dutch speed skater
John Cena
b. 1977
American actor and professional wrestler (born 1977)
John Oliver
b. 1977
British and American comedian and talk show host (born 1977)
Gail Goodrich
b. 1943
American basketball player (born 1943)
Roy Orbison
b. 1936
American singer-songwriter (1936–1988)
Shirley Temple
b. 1928
American actress and diplomat (1928–2014)
Max Planck
b. 1858
German theoretical physicist (1858–1947)
Stephen A. Douglas
b. 1813
American politician and lawyer (1813–1861)
William Shakespeare
b. 1564
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
Notable Deaths
Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead
d. 2024
British politician (1942–2024)
Helen Vendler
d. 2024
American poetry critic (1933–2024)
Orrin Hatch
d. 2022
American politician (1934–2022)
Dan Kaminsky
d. 2021
American computer security researcher (1979–2021)
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
d. 2019
Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000
Inge King
d. 2016
Australian sculptor (1915–2016)
Banharn Silpa-archa
d. 2016
Prime Minister of Thailand from 1995 to 1996
Ray Jackson (Aboriginal activist)
d. 2015
Pierre Claude Nolin
d. 2015
Canadian politician (1950–2015)
Francis Tsai
d. 2015
American artist
Benjamín Brea
d. 2014
Venezuelan musician (1946–2014)
Michael Glawogger
d. 2014
Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (1959–2014)
Jaap Havekotte
d. 2014
Dutch speed skater (1912–2014)
Connie Marrero
d. 2014
Cuban baseball player (1911–2014)
F. Michael Rogers
d. 2014
United States Air Force general
Patric Standford
d. 2014
British composer (1939–2014)
Bob Brozman
d. 2013
American guitarist and ethnomusicologist
Bob Edgar
d. 2013
American politician (1943–2013)
Cesar Chavez
d. 1993
American civil rights activist (1927–1993)
William Shakespeare
d. 1616
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
On This Day in History
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2024
The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy.
2024 Lumut mid-air collision
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 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse
2018
A vehicle-ramming attack kills 11 people and injures 15 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
2018 Toronto van attack
2013
At least 111 people are killed and 233 injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.
2013 Hawija clashes
2005
The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", is published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
YouTube
1999
NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
NATO
1993
Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
Eritrea
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.
Sri Lanka
1990
Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Namibia
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.
Coca-Cola
1979
SAETA Flight 011 crashes in Pastaza Province, Ecuador, killing all 57 people on board. The wreckage was not discovered until 1984.
SAETA Flight 011 (1979)
1979
Blair Peach, a British activist, is fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London.
Death of Blair Peach
1971
Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
Bangladesh Liberation War
1968
Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
Vietnam War
1967
Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1), a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, is launched into orbit.
Soviet space program
1966
Aeroflot Flight 2723 crashes into the Caspian Sea off the Absheron Peninsula, killing 33 people.
Aeroflot Flight 2723
1961
During the Algiers putsch by French generals, President Charles de Gaulle announces he has assumed emergency powers, and calls on troops and civilians to support him.
Algiers putsch of 1961
1951
Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
Cold War
1949
Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
Chinese Civil War
1946
Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
Manuel Roxas