June, 23nd in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 23, 2005:
The IWW Centennial in Chicago, Illinois

Sunday 23, 1996:
Clan Knightmare, a Quake gaming clan was formed

Tuesday 23, 1992:
Yitzhak Rabin wins the Israeli parlamentary elections..

Sunday 23, 1991:
Sonic the Hedgehog is released for the Sega Genesis in North America.

Saturday 23, 1990:
Moldavia declares independence.

Friday 23, 1989:
The movie Batman is released in the United States.

Sunday 23, 1985:
A Boeing 747 carrying Air India Flight 182 blew-up 31,000 feet (9500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, South of Ireland, killing all 329 aboard.

Saturday 23, 1979:
Sydney: New South Wales Premier Neville Wran officially opens the Eastern Suburbs Railway. It operates as a shuttle between Central & Bondi Junction until full integration with the Illawarra Line during 1980.

Friday 23, 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.

Monday 23, 1969:
Warren E. Burger is sworn in as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring chief Earl Warren.

Sunday 23, 1968:
74 are killed and 150 injured in a soccer stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.

Friday 23, 1967:
Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.

Saturday 23, 1962:
Larry Doby retires from the Cleveland Indians to play in Japan.

Thursday 23, 1960:
1960 - Japan signs security treaty with the U.S.

Tuesday 23, 1959:
A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim, Norway kills 34 people.

Monday 23, 1958:
The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers.

Saturday 23, 1956:
Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt.

Monday 23, 1947:
The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.

Friday 23, 1944:
Thomas Mann becomes a US citizen.

Monday 23, 1941:
Lithuanian Activist Front initiates Lithuanian 1941 independence from the Soviet Union; it lasted only briefly as the Nazis occupied Lithuania a few weeks later.

Sunday 23, 1940:
World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France.

Thursday 23, 1938:
Marineland opens near St. Augustine, Florida.

Tuesday 23, 1931:
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to accomplish the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/Wiley_Post/EX27.htm

Saturday 23, 1894:
International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

Saturday 23, 1888:
Frederick Douglass is the first African-American nominated for US president.

Thursday 23, 1887:
The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cseh-twih/archives2_E.asp?id=25

Friday 23, 1865:
American Civil War: At Fort Towson in Oklahoma Territory Confederate General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.

Saturday 23, 1860:
The US Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.

Wednesday 23, 1858:
Six-year-old Edgardo Mortara is seized by Papal authorities.

Saturday 23, 1810:
John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.

Monday 23, 1794:
Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev.

Monday 23, 1760:
Austria beats Prussia.

Friday 23, 1758:
British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.

Thursday 23, 1757:
3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj-ud-Dawlah at Plassey.

Friday 23, 1724:
Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople.

Friday 23, 1713:
French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada. http://www.acadian-cajun.com/acadia5.htm

Wednesday 23, 1683:
William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.

Thursday 23, 1661:
Marriage contract between Charles II of England & Catharina of Portugal.

Thursday 23, 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 the Atlantic Ocean; they are never heard from again.

Thursday 23, 1532:
Henry VIII & François I sign secret treaty against Emperor Charles V.

Saturday 23, 1314:
Start of the Battle of Bannockburn south of Stirling, Edward II of England & Robert I of Scotland met in battle. Scotland won and Edward fled the field and Scotland.

Tuesday 23, 1305:
Flemish-French peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge.

Thursday 23, 1295:
Pope Boniface VIII enters Rome.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 23

1980:
Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer (b: June 23, 1980) (Biography of Ramnaresh Sarwan)

1979:
LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player (b: June 23, 1979) (Biography of LaDainian Tomlinson)

1977:
Jason Mraz, American singer and songwriter (b: June 23, 1977) (Biography of Jason Mraz)

1976:
Brandon Stokley, American football player (b: June 23, 1976) (Biography of Brandon Stokley)
Patrick Vieira, French footballer (b: June 23, 1976) (Biography of Patrick Vieira)

1975:
Kevin Dyson, American football player (b: June 23, 1975) (Biography of Kevin Dyson)

1973:
Marie N, Latvian singer (b: June 23, 1973) (Biography of Marie N)

1972:
Selma Blair, American actress (b: June 23, 1972) (Biography of Selma Blair)
Zinedine Zidane, French footballer (b: June 23, 1972) (Biography of Zinedine Zidane)

1966:
Chico DeBarge, American musician (DeBarge) (b: June 23, 1966) (Biography of Chico DeBarge)

1964:
Joss Whedon, American producer, director, and screenwriter (b: June 23, 1964) (Biography of Joss Whedon)

1963:
Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer (b: June 23, 1963) (Biography of Colin Montgomerie)

1962:
Chuck Billy, American singer (b: June 23, 1962) (Biography of Chuck Billy)

1957:
Frances McDormand, American actress (b: June 23, 1957) (Biography of Frances McDormand)

1956:
Glenn Danzig, American musician (The Misfits and Danzig) (b: June 23, 1956) (Biography of Glenn Danzig)

1948:
Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b: June 23, 1948) (Biography of Clarence Thomas)
Darhyl S. Ramsey, American author and professor of music education (b: June 23, 1948) (Biography of Darhyl S. Ramsey)

1946:
Ted Shackleford, American actor (b: June 23, 1946) (Biography of Ted Shackleford)

1943:
James Levine, American conductor (b: June 23, 1943) (Biography of James Levine)
Vint Cerf, American Internet pioneer (b: June 23, 1943) (Biography of Vint Cerf)

1941:
Robert Hunter, American singer and songwriter (The Grateful Dead) (b: June 23, 1941) (Biography of Robert Hunter (singer))

1940:
Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b: June 23, 1940 ; d: March 8, 2003) (Biography of Adam Faith)
Lord Irvine of Lairg, Scottish Lord Chancellor (b: June 23, 1940) (Biography of Lord Irvine of Lairg)
Wilma Rudolph, American runner (b: June 23, 1940 ; d: November 12, 1994) (Biography of Wilma Rudolph)

1936:
Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece (b: June 23, 1936) (Biography of Costas Simitis)

1929:
June Carter Cash, American singer (b: June 23, 1929 ; d: May 15, 2003) (Biography of June Carter Cash)

1927:
Bob Fosse, American choreographer (b: June 23, 1927 ; d: September 23, 1987) (Biography of Bob Fosse)

1916:
Len Hutton, English cricketer (b: June 23, 1916 ; d: September 6, 1990) (Biography of Len Hutton)

1912:
Alan Turing, English mathematician (b: June 23, 1912 ; d: June 7, 1954) (Biography of Alan Turing)

1910:
Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (b: June 23, 1910 ; d: October 3, 1987) (Biography of Jean Anouilh)
Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b: June 23, 1910) (Biography of Gordon B. Hinckley)

1894:
King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b: June 23, 1894 ; d: May 28, 1972) (Biography of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom)
Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (b: June 23, 1894) (Biography of Alfred Kinsey)

1889:
Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b: June 23, 1889 ; d: March 5, 1966) (Biography of Anna Akhmatova)

1800:
Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (b: June 23, 1800 ; d: November 6, 1846) (Biography of Karol Marcinkowski)

1763:
Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b: June 23, 1763 ; d: May 29, 1814) (Biography of Joséphine de Beauharnais)

1683:
Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b: June 23, 1683 ; d: December 8, 1745) (Biography of Etienne Fourmont)

1668:
Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b: June 23, 1668 ; d: January 23, 1744) (Biography of Giambattista Vico)

1612:
André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (b: June 23, 1612 ; d: December 22, 1660) (Biography of André Tacquet)

1596:
Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b: June 23, 1596 ; d: May 10, 1641) (Biography of Johan Banér)

1534:
Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b: June 23, 1534 ; d: June 21, 1582) (Biography of Oda Nobunaga)

1456:
Margaret of Denmark, queen of James III of Scotland (b: June 23, 1456) (Biography of Margaret of Denmark)

1433:
Francis II, Duke of Brittany (b: June 23, 1433 ; d: September 9, 1488) (Biography of Francis II, Duke of Brittany)

-47:
Pharaoh Ptolemy XV of Egppt (b: June 23, -47) (Biography of Ptolemy XV)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-june/births.html