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Births for April 23
- 1464 Johanna van Valois, Queen of France
- 1484 Julius Csar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)
- 1547 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quioxite)
- 1564 William Shakespeare, bard (Hamlet, MacBeth, Julius Csar) (approx)
- 1598 Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander
- 1697 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer
- 1728 Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)
- 1775 Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)
- 1791 James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61)
- 1791 W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist
- 1803 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice
- 1810 Thomas Wright, historian
- 1812 Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor
- 1813 Stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)
- 1818 James Anthony Froude, historian
- 1818 John Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872
- 1821 Pierre Dupont, song writer
- 1827 Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer
- 1852 Edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937)
- 1855 Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (stichtte cabaret berbrettl)
- 1857 Ruggero Leoncavallo, Naples Italy, composer (I Medici)
- 1858 Ethel Mary Smyth, composer
- 1858 Max KE Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck constant, Nobel 1918
- 1861 Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Field Marshal
- 1867 Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher
- 1882 Albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)
- 1882 Max (G M J) Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II)
- 1891 Sergey Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf)
- 1892 Minus van Looi, (Benjamin van der Neart), Flemish writer
- 1893 Frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo)
- 1896 Margaret Kennedy, novelist
- 1897 Harold French, director (Encore)/actor
- 1897 Lester Bowles Pearson, (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957)
- 1897 Lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany)
- 1898 Edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Wlassow)
- 1899 Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew)
- 1899 Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg Russia, novelist (Lolita, Ada)
- 1902 Halld¢r Laxness, Iceland, novelist (Salka Valka) (Nobel 1955)
- 1904 Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid)
- 1904 Leslie French, actor/singer
- 1905 Lord Carew
- 1906 Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise)
- 1906 Maria Arnoldo, (Adrianus Broeders), photographer/writer
- 1907 Baroness Dudley
- 1908 Herbert Telley, British actuary
- 1909 Thomas Padmore, senior civil servant
- 1911 Ronald Neame, director (1st Monday in Oct, Poseidon Adventure)
- 1914 Andrew Martin, Lord-Lt (Lechestershire England)
- 1914 John Hubbard, Indiana Harbor Indiana, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie)
- 1914 Simone Simon, France, actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love)
- 1915 Arnold Hall, CEO (Hawker Siddeley Group)
- 1916 Bud Wilkinson, college football coach (Oklahoma)
- 1918 Anthony Craxton, British TV producer
- 1918 Maurice Druon, (Kessel), French writer/journalist (Prix Goncourt)
- 1920 Eric Yarrow, CEO (Clydesdale Bank)
- 1921 Janet Blair, Altoona Pa, actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family
- 1921 Warren Spahn, left-handed pitcher (Boston/Milwaukee Braves)
- 1922 Boy (Segundo JA) Ecury, Aruba, resistance fighter
- 1922 Diarmuid Downs, auto engineer
- 1923 Avram Davidson, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork!)
- 1923 James Kirkup, travel writer/poet/novelist (African in Greenland)
- 1924 Arthur Frackenpohl, Irving NJ, composer (Natural Superiority of Music
- 1924 Colin Welch, columnist/critic
- 1924 Malcolm Anson, CEO (Wessex Water Authority)
- 1926 James P Donleavy, Brooklyn, novelist (Ginger Man, Onion Eaters)
- 1926 Richard Laws, Master (St Edmunds College Cambridge)
- 1928 Bill Cotton, CEO (Noel Gay TV)
- 1928 Okke Jager, theologist/writer/poet
- 1928 Shirley Temple Black, Santa Monica Calif, child actress/ambassador
- 1929 George Steiner, professor of English
- 1930 Michael Bowen, RC Archbishop (Southwark)
- 1932 Halston, (R Halston Frowick), fashion designer (1972 Hall of Fame)
- 1932 Jim Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running)
- 1933 Roger Wittevrongel, Flemish painter
- 1935 David Evans, MP
- 1936 Elias, (Etienne Michiels), Flemish painter
- 1936 Joseph Willaert, Flemish painter
- 1936 Roy Orbison, sings about his Pretty Woman (Traveling Willberries)
- 1937 Victoria Glendinning, author (Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions)
- 1938 Russell Hillhouse, under-sect Scottish Office
- 1938 Steven D Symms, (Sen-R-ID, 1981- )
- 1939 David Birney, Wash DC, actor (Brigette Loves Bernie, St Elsewhere)
- 1939 Ray Peterson, Denton Tx, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her)
- 1939 William Hagerty, editor (People)
- 1940 Lee Majors, (Harvey Yeary), TV actor ($6,000,000 Man, Stunt Man)
- 1940 Richard Monaco, US, sci-fi author (Grail War, Final Quest)
- 1941 Ed Stewart, British DJ
- 1941 Hal Daub, (Rep-R-NB, 1981- )
- 1942 Sandra Dee, Bayonne NJ, actress (Gidget, Imitation of Life)
- 1943 Carmen von Thyssen, Barcelona Spain, Baroness
- 1943 Herve Villechaize, France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!" (Fantasy Island)
- 1943 Tony Esposito, Ontario, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks)
- 1947 Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Ireland, political activist (or 1940)
- 1947 Saskia, (Trudy van den Berg), singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel)
- 1948 Tesa Wyatt, actress
- 1949 Blair Brown, Wash DC, actress (Altered States, Molly Dodd)
- 1949 John Miles, vocal/guitar/keyboards (John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon)
- 1949 Joyce DeWitt, Wheeling WV, actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company)
- 1949 Walter Sweeney, MP
- 1951 Loek M L H A Hermans, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
- 1952 Lionel Johnston, Augusta Ga, actor (Sons & Daughters)
- 1952 Narada, (Michael Walden), Mich, rocker (Don't Want Nobody Else)
- 1952 Tony Maselli, (fictional character on "Who's the Boss")
- 1953 Fred Upton, (Rep-R-Michigan)
- 1955 Mike Smith, British DJ
- 1955 Su Ingle, British TV hostess
- 1955 Tony Miles, chess player
- 1957 Jan Hooks, comedienne (SNL, Designing Women)
- 1958 Max Planck, physicist (Quanta Physics)
- 1960 Steve Clark, rock guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria)
- 1960 Valerie Bertinelli, Del, (1 Day at a Time, Sydney); Ms Eddie Van Hale
- 1964 Dan Frischman, Whippany NJ, actor (Arvid Engen-Head of the Class)
- 1967 Brent Muscat, rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)
- 1967 Melina Kanakaredes, Akron Ohio, actress (Eleni Andros-Guiding Light)
- 1968 Susan Emily Savastano, E Providence RI, Miss RI-America (1991)
- 1969 Nadeem Shahid, cricketer
Passings for April 23
- 34 Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton
- 1416 Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies
- 1616 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 6
- 1616 William Shakesphere, Engl author (Hamlet), dies on his 52nd birthday
- 1625 Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies
- 1695 Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72
- 1740 Thomas Tickell, poet, dies
- 1774 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies
- 1850 William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80
- 1853 Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies
- 1878 Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies
- 1895 Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies
- 1915 Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27
- 1918 Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies
- 1926 Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies
- 1929 Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies
- 1943 Frderic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker, dies
- 1952 Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies
- 1952 Minus van Looi, (Benjamin van der Neart), Flemish writer, dies at 60
- 1960 Tojohiko Kagawa, Japanese christian-social reformer/writer, dies
- 1962 Stirling Moss, auto racer, killed while racing
- 1970 Herb Shriner, host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
- 1971 William Tubman, president of Liberia, dies
- 1975 Pete Ham, rokcer (Badfinger), dies at 27
- 1976 James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69
- 1976 Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68
- 1983 Buster Crabbe, Olympic swimmer/actor, dies at 75 in Scottsdale Az
- 1983 Selena Royale, actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78
- 1985 Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78
- 1985 Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88
- 1986 Harold Arlen, (Hyman Arluck), US composer, murdered at 80
- 1986 Otto Preminger, director (Advise & Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies
- 1988 Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
- 1990 Paulette Goddard, actress, dies at 78 (or 84) in Switzerland
- 1992 Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53
- 1992 Satayajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70
- 1993 Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78
- 1993 Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59
Special events for April 23
- 1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf
- 1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter)
- 1662 Connecticut chartered as an English colony
- 1775 Opera "Il R Pastore" is produced (Salzburg)
- 1789 President George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY
- 1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason
- 1826 Missolonghi captured by Turks
- 1838 English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in NYC
- 1860 Dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery
- 1861 Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith
- 1861 Battle of San Antonio, TX
- 1864 Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)
- 1867 Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel
- 1871 Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up
- 1881 Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London
- 1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia
- 1896 Premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC)
- 1896 Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (NYC)
- 1900 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal)
- 1904 American Academy of Arts & Letters forms
- 1910 International Exhibition opens in Brussels
- 1913 National Urban League forms
- 1915 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)
- 1918 Battle of Zeebrugge ends
- 1918 Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea
- 1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara
- 1924 British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley
- 1924 London: king George V opens British Empire Exposition
- 1925 1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged
- 1925 Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Radio Workers (KRO)
- 1930 H Van Gent discovers asteroids #1225 Ariane & #1267 Geertruida
- 1932 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon
- 1936 M Laugier discovers asteroid #1651 Behrens
- 1938 Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government
- 1940 Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)
- 1940 Fire in Natchez Mississippi kills 198
- 1940 NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
- 1942 4-day allie bombing on Rostock begins
- 1945 Allies in Italy reach river Po
- 1946 Bkln Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
- 1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast
- 1949 Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
- 1949 Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in SF
- 1949 Netherland annexes Elten & Tudderen
- 1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
- 1950 Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup
- 1950 Minneapolis beats Syracuse, 4 games to 2, for NBA championship
- 1950 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island
- 1952 Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed
- 1953 KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, AZ (NBC) begins broadcastin
- 1953 WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, AL (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
- 1954 NBA adopts 24 second shot clock rule
- 1956 US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses
- 1959 1st heliport in Britain opens in London
- 1962 NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1
- 1962 Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral
- 1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
- 1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
- 1968 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 pence)
- 1968 United Methodist Church forms
- 1969 Over 1000ý mi flooded in Shantung Province China
- 1969 Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy
- 1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike
- 1971 Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station
- 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface
- 1976 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2808
- 1977 Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously
- 1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die
- 1984 AIDS-virus identified (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- 1985 Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
- 1985 C Shoemaker & E Shoemake discovers asteroid #3581 Alvarez
- 1985 Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead
- 1985 New Coke debuts
- 1985 P Jensen discovers asteroid #3318 Blixen
- 1986 Grand Floridan Beach Resort groundbreaking
- 1986 Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
- 1987 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct
- 1987 NJ Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY
- 1988 A greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles
- 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
- 1989 Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
- 1991 Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off
- 1991 USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions
- 1992 "Shirnada" opens at Broadhurst theater on Broadway
- 1992 Marion Berry (former mayor of Wash DC) let out of prison
Songs for date April 23
- 04/23/55 --- Unchained Melody (Hamilton, Roy)
- 04/23/55 --- Honey-Babe (Mooney, Art)
- 04/23/55 --- Whatever Lola Wants (Vaughan, Sarah)
- 04/23/66 --- Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Dylan, Bob)
- 04/23/66 --- Message To Michael (Warwick, Dionne)
- 04/23/77 --- Feels Like The First Time (Foreigner)
- 04/23/77 --- Got To Give It Up - Part 1 (Gaye, Marvin)
- 04/23/77 --- Lucille (Rogers, Kenny)
- 04/23/83 --- Always Something There To Remind Me (Naked Eyes)
- 04/23/83 --- Affair Of The Heart (Springfield, Rick)
- 04/23/88 --- Everything Your Heart Desires (Hall & Oates)