April 23 holidays in 2022

Holiday name Holiday location Holiday type
St. George's Day Multiple [Show] Multiple Types
World Book and Copyright Day - International (Education & Reading, United Nations)
English Language Day - International (Culture & History, United Nations)
Language Day Colombia Observance
Day of Turks Kosovo Observance
German Beer Day Germany Observance (Food & Drinks)
National Sovereignty and Children's Day Turkey National Holiday
Lover's Day - Unofficial (Relationships & Family)
Castile and León Day Spain (Castile-leon) Local Holiday
National Talk Like Shakespeare Day - Unofficial (Art & Entertainment)
National Picnic Day - Unofficial (Activity & Action, Food & Drinks)
National Take a Chance Day - Unofficial (Weird & Obscure, Lifestyle)
National Cherry Cheesecake Day - Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
National Lost Dogs Awareness Day - Unofficial (Animals, Awareness & Cause)
Last day of Passover Multiple [Show] Multiple Types
Orthodox Holy Saturday Multiple [Show] Multiple Types
Last Day of Passover Multiple [Show] Multiple Types
Holy Saturday (Orthodox) Cyprus Observance, Orthodox
Martyrdom of Imam Ali Iran National Holiday
Matsu's Birthday Taiwan Observance
Easter Saturday (Orthodox) Multiple [Show] Observance, Orthodox
Holy Saturday Bulgaria National Holiday
Day of Aragón Spain (Aragon) Local Holiday
Coptic Holy Saturday Egypt Observance

Historical Events on April 23

  • 1635: In Boston, Massachusetts, the very first U.S public school is founded. It’s called Boston Latin School.
  • 1655: The Siege of Santo Domingo starts on this day. However, it would end up failing just 7 days later.
  • 1660: Poland and Sweden sign the Treaty of Oliva.
  • 1661: King Charles II of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey on this day.
  • 1914: The first game of baseball is held at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. At the time, this field is known as Weeghman Park.
  • 1918: The British Royal Navy attacks the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge in an attempt to destroy it.
  • 1940: Almost 200 people are killed when a fire breaks out at the Rhythm Club in Natchez, Mississippi.
  • 1942: The cities of Exeter, York and Bath are bombed by German bombers during the Baedeker Blitz of World War II. These raids are a direct retaliation for the British attacking Lubeck.
  • 1945: Adolf Hitler replaces Hermann Göring with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Donitz when Goring asks Hitler if he could take leadership of the Third Reich.
  • 1968: Students take over Columbia University in New York City during a protest and shut it down.
  • 1985: Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. However, after the initial response is negative, the switch back to the original formula in under 3 months.
  • 2005: The very first YouTube video titled “Me at the Zoo” is published by the user named Jawed.
  • 2013: Violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq and results in more than seventy people being injured and almost thirty people killed.

Famous Birthdays on April 23

  • American lawyer and 15thS President, James Buchanan is born in 1791.
  • Danish physician and Nobel Prize laureate, Johannes Fibiger is born in 1867.
  • American actress, singer, dancer and diplomat, Shirley Temple is born in 1928.
  • American singer-songwriter Roy Orbison is born in 1936.
  • American actor Lee Majors is born in 1939.
  • American actress and model, Sandra Dee is born in 1942.
  • American director Michael Moore is born in 1954.
  • Australian actress Judy Davis is born in 1955.

Ash Wednesday

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Easter

Tax Day

Arbor Day

Bastille Day

Ashura