April 23 Holidays (2023/2024), Historical Events, Famous Birthdays

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

April 23 2021 holidays

April 23 2023 holidays

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 15^thS 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.