What are the important events that happened on April 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 23: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 23 is the 114^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 252 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 10, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,713,830,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecatetragon’ day.

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 281 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,141 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 23 Historical Events

• 215 BC –
  A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
• 1016 –
  Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England,
• 1815 –
  The Second Serbian Uprising – a second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
• 1918 –
  World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
• 1920 –
  The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara.
• 1920 –
  The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
• 1940 –
  The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
• 1941 –
  World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
• 1955 –
  The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
• 2003 –
  Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.

Who were born on April 23?

• 1834 –
  Artemus Ward, American comic writer (d. 1867)
• 1865 –
  Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
• 1872 –
  Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)
• 1894 –
  Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955)
• 1902 –
  Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1918 –
  Maurice Druon, French author (d. 2009)
• 1939 –
  Ray Peterson, American singer (d. 2005)
• 1955 –
  Judy Davis, Australian actress
• 1958 –
  Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 –
  Jaime King, American actress

Who died on April 23?

• 997 –
  Saint Adalbert of Prague, bishop (b. c. 956)
• 1124 –
  King Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
• 1784 –
  King Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
• 1965 –
  George Adamski, Polish-American author and ufologist (b. 1891)
• 1985 –
  Sam Ervin, American politician (b. 1896)
• 1993 –
  César Chávez, American labor activist (b. 1927)
• 1996 –
  Jean Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (b. 1913)
• 1996 –
  P. L. Travers, Australian author (b. 1899)
• 1998 –
  Thanassis Skordalos, Greek musician (b. 1920)
• 2005 –
  Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (b. 1928)