What happened on June 23? There are more than 253 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About June 23
June 23 is the 175th day of the year 2024. There are 191 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday. This day falls under the 25th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Carrier, Oklahoma 73727 sunrise will occur at 06:13 AM and sunset will occur at 08:55 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Cancer. The modern birthstone for this month is Pearl while the mystical birthstone is Moonstone.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 220 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For June 23
- 79Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as the tenth Roman Emperor.
- 1180First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
- 1305A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.
- 1314First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins.
- 1532Henry VIII and François I sign a secret treaty against Emperor Charles V.
- 1565Turgut Reis (Dragut), commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Siege of Malta.
- 1611The 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.
- 1661Marriage contract between Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza.
- 1683William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
- 1713The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 1757Battle of Plassey – 3,000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj Ud Daulah at Plassey.
- 1758Seven Years’ War: Battle of Krefeld – British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
- 1760Seven Years’ War: Battle of Landeshut – Austria defeats Prussia.
- 1780American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
- 1794Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev.
- 1810John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
- 1812War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
- 1860The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
- 1865American Civil War: at Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.
- 1887The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation’s first national park, Banff National Park.
- 1894The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
- 1913Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
- 1914Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
- 1917In 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.
- 1919Estonian War of Independence: the decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cesis. This day is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
- 1926The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
- 1931Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
- 1938The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
- 1940World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France.
- 1941The 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.
- 1942World War II: Germany’s latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
- 1942World War II: the first selections for the gas chamber at Auschwitz take place on a train full of Jews from Paris.
- 1943World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
- 1946The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
- 1947The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
- 1956The 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.
- 1958The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers.
- 1959A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim (Norway) kills 34 people.
- 1959Convicted 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.
- 1961Cold 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.
- 1967Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
- 196874 are killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.
- 1969Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
- 1972Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.
- 1972Watergate 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.
- 1973A 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.
- 1982Chinese American Vincent Chin is beaten to death in Highland Park, Michigan, by two auto workers who had mistaken him for Japanese and who were angry about the success of Japanese auto companies.
- 1985A terrorist bomb aboard Air India flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
Who Were Born On June 23?
- 47 BCPtolemy Caesarion of Egypt; son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra (d. 30 BC)
- 1373Queen Joan II of Naples (d. 1435)
- 1433Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)
- 1456Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)
- 1534Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)
- 1596Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)
- 1612André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (d. 1660)
- 1668Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744)
- 1683Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (d. 1745)
- 1703Queen Marie Leszczyńska, Polish-born wife of Louis XV of France (d. 1768)
- 1716Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (d. 1789)
- 1750Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
- 1763Joséphine de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon I Bonaparte (d. 1814)
- 1799John Milton Bernhisel, American physician (d. 1881)
- 1800Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846)
- 1824Carl Reinecke, German musician and composer (d. 1910)
- 1863Sándor Bródy, Hungarian writer (d. 1924)
- 1884Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1979)
- 1888Bronson M. Cutting, American politician (d. 1935)
- 1888Lee Moran, American actor (d. 1961)
- 1889Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)
- 1894Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956)
- 1894King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (d. 1972)
- 1897Alexandru Giugaru, Romanian actor (d. 1986)
- 1902Mathias Wieman, German actor (d. 1969)
- 1903Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (d. 1992)
- 1905Jack Pickersgill, Canadian politician (d. 1997)
- 1906King Tribhuvan of Nepal (d. 1955)
- 1907Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (d. 2008)
- 1907James Meade, English economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995)
- 1909David Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1981)
- 1910Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious figure (d. 2008)
- 1910Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (d. 1987)
- 1910Milt Hinton, American jazz bassist (d. 2000)
- 1912Alan Turing, English mathematician (d. 1954)
- 1916Len Hutton, English cricketer (d. 1990)
- 1919Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian political leader (d. 1992)
- 1922Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
- 1923Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian resistance member (d. 1945)
- 1925Miriam Karlin, English actress (d. 2011)
- 1927Bob Fosse, American choreographer (d. 1987)
- 1928Jean Cione, American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (d. 2010)
- 1929Donn F. Eisele, American astronaut (d. 1987)
- 1929June Carter Cash, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1935Maurice Ferre, American politician
- 1936Costas Simitis, Greek politician
- 1937Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish statesman, Nobel laureate
- 1937Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (d. 2004)
- 1940Adam Faith, English singer and actor (d. 2003)
- 1940Lord Irvine of Lairg, Scottish Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
- 1940Stuart Sutcliffe, English painter and bassist (The Beatles) (d. 1962)
- 1940Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994)
- 1941Richard M. Roberts, American attorney
- 1941Robert Hunter, American lyricist and poet (The Grateful Dead)
- 1941Roger McDonald, Australian writer
- 1943James Levine, American conductor
- 1943Vint Cerf, American computer scientist
- 1945John Garang, Sudanese politician (d. 2005)
- 1945Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and writer
- 1946Ted Shackelford, American actor
- 1947Bryan Brown, Australian actor
- 1948Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- 1948Darhyl S. Ramsey, American author
- 1948Luther Kent, American blues singer
- 1948Myles Goodwyn, Canadian guitarist and vocalist (April Wine)
- 1949Gordon Bray, Australian sports broadcaster
- 1951Angelo Falcón, American political scientist, Latino community advocate
- 1951Jim Metzler, American actor
- 1951Michèle Mouton, French racecar driver
- 1952Anthony Jackson, American electric bass guitar player
- 1955Glenn Danzig, American musician
- 1955Jean Tigana, French footballer
- 1955Jordan, British actress and model
- 1955Maggie Greenwald, American film director and writer
- 1955Pierre Corbeil, Canadian politician
- 1956Randy Jackson, American music producer
- 1956Tony Hill, American football player
- 1957Frances McDormand, American actress
- 1960Donald Harrison, American jazz saxophonist
- 1960Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese arcade game programmer
- 1961LaSalle Thompson, American basketball player
- 1961Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist
- 1962Chuck Billy, American singer (Testament)
- 1962Kari Takko, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1962Kevin Yagher, American special effects technician
- 1962Steve Shelley, American drummer (The Crucifucks, Sonic Youth)
- 1963Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
- 1964Joss Whedon, American producer, director, and screenwriter
- 1964Yun Lou, Chinese gymnast
- 1965Mitch Longley American actor
- 1965Natalia Germanou Greek lyricist, television hostess, radio producer, DJ and journalist
- 1965Paul Arthurs, British guitarist (Oasis)
- 1966Chico DeBarge, American R&B singer (DeBarge)
- 1966Richie Ren, Taiwanese singer and actor
- 1967Helen Geake, British archaeologist
- 1969Martin Klebba, American actor
- 1970Martin Deschamps, Canadian singer (Offenbach)
- 1970Robert Brooks, American football player
- 1970Yann Tiersen, French composer
- 1971Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1971Fred Ewanuick, Canadian actor
- 1972Ron Corning, American television anchor
- 1972Selma Blair, American actress
- 1972Zinedine Zidane, French footballer
- 1973Marija Naumova, Latvian singer
- 1974Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
- 1974Mark Hendrickson, American baseball player
- 1975Jeffrey Carlson, American actor
- 1975KT Tunstall, Scottish singer and songwriter
- 1975Kevin Dyson, American football player
- 1975Mik Kersten, Canadian computer scientist
- 1975Mike James, American basketball player
- 1976Brandon Stokley, American football player
- 1976Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress
- 1976Joe Becker, American guitarist
- 1976Patrick Monahan, British comedian
- 1976Patrick Vieira, French footballer
- 1976Savvas Poursaitidis, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1976Wade Barrett, American soccer player
- 1977Hayden Foxe, Australian footballer
- 1977Jason Mraz, American singer and songwriter
- 1977Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
- 1977Shaun O'Hara, American football player
- 1978Frédéric Leclercq, French bassist (DragonForce)
- 1978Matt Light, American football player
- 1978Memphis Bleek, American rapper
- 1979LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
- 1980Becky Cloonan, American comic book artist
- 1980Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
- 1980Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
- 1981Antony Costa, British singer and songwriter (Blue)
- 1981Rolf Wacha, German rugby player
- 1982Derek Boogaard, ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1983Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983Jason Berrent, American actor and performer
- 1984Dave Walsh, American professional gamer
- 1984Duffy, Welsh singer and songwriter
- 1984James Thomas, Jr., American reality show contestant
- 1984Takeshi Matsuda, Japanese swimmer
- 1987Alessia Filippi, Italian swimmer
- 1987Jacob Lusk, Singer, American Idol season 10 finalist
- 1988Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast
- 1988Isabella Leong, Macau-born Hong Kong singer, actress and model
- 1989Fernando Schirmer Brazilian footballer
- 1989Marielle Jaffe, American model and actress
- 1996Charlie Jones, British actor
Who Died On June 23?
- 79Emperor Vespasian of Rome (b. 9)
- 1018Henry I, Margrave of Austria (birth year unknown)
- 1222Constance of Aragon, consort of Ladislaus III of Hungary and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. c. 1179)
- 1555Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)
- 1582Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military leader (b. 1537)
- 1615Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord (b. 1545)
- 1677Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
- 1686William Coventry, English statesman (b. c. 1628)
- 1707John Mill, English theologian (b. c. 1645)
- 1733Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (b. 1672)
- 1770Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)
- 1775Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (b. 1692)
- 1779Mikael Sehul, Ethiopian warlord (b. c. 1691)
- 1806Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (b. 1723)
- 1811Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Portuguese poet and satirist (b. 1740)
- 1832James Hall, Scottish geologist (b. 1761)
- 1836James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian, (b. 1773)
- 1856Ivan Kireevsky, Russian literary critic and philosopher (b. 1806)
- 1891Samuel Newitt Wood, American Politician (b. 1825)
- 1891Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (b. 1804)
- 1893Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British-born South African statesman (b. 1817)
- 1945Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian resistance member (b. 1923)
- 1949Aristidis Stergiadis, Greek governor-general of Smyrna, (b. 1861)
- 1956Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (b. 1875)
- 1959Boris Vian, French writer and musician (b. 1920)
- 1969Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete (b. 1907)
- 1970Roscoe Turner, American aviator (b. 1895)
- 1980Clyfford Still, American painter (b. 1904)
- 1980Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician; son of Indira Gandhi (b. 1946)
- 1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Indian politician (b. 1894)
- 1981Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1907)
- 1982Vincent Chin, Chinese-born American murder victim (b. 1955)
- 1989Werner Best, German jurist and Nazi party leader (b. 1903)
- 1992Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)
- 1995Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (b. 1918)
- 1995Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914)
- 1996Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician (b. 1919)
- 1997Betty Shabazz, American educator and widow of Malcolm X (b. 1936)
- 1998Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b. 1911)
- 1999Buster Merryfield, British actor (b. 1920)
- 2000Peter Dubovský, Slovak footballer (b. 1972)
- 2000Peter L. Pond, American activist and philanthropist (b. 1933)
- 2001Yvonne Dionne, Canadian quintuplet (b. 1934)
- 2002Pedro ‘El Rockero’Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
- 2005Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (b. 1925)
- 2005Shana Alexander, American journalist (b. 1926)
- 2006Aaron Spelling, American television producer (b. 1923)
- 2006Luke Graham, American wrestler (b. 1940)
- 2007Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)
- 2008Arthur Chung, Guyanan politician (b. 1918)
- 2008Claudio Capone, Italian-born Scottish voice actor (b. 1952)
- 2008Judith Holzmeister, Austrian actress (b. 1920)
- 2008Marian Glinka, Polish actor (b. 1943)
- 2009Ed McMahon, American television personality (b. 1923)
- 2009Hanne Hiob, German actress (b. 1923)
- 2009Jerri Nielsen, American physician (b. 1952)
- 2009John Callaway, American journalist (b. 1936)
- 2009Manuel Saval, Mexican actor (b. 1956)
- 2011Dennis Marshall, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1985)
- 2011Peter Falk, American actor (b. 1927)
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