Wikipedia: June 23

June 23
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June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining.

Events

1713 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada.
1858 - Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara.
1887 - Banff National Park, Canada's first, created.
1894 - International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
1985 - An Air India Boeing 747 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, South of Ireland killing 329
1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog is released for the Sega Genesis in North America.

Births

1763 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (+ 1814).
1887 - Ernst Rowohlt, publisher (+ 1960).
1894 - Alfred Kinsey, entomologist, sexologist (+ 1956).
1894 - Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Duke of Windsor (+ 1972).
1905 - Mary Livingstone, actress, wife of Jack Benny (+ 1983).
1906 - Wolfgang Koeppen, author (+ 1996).
1910 - Jean Anouilh, dramatist (+ 1987).
1912 - Alan Turing, mathematician (+ 1954).
1916 - Hermann Gmeiner, pedagogue (+ 1986).
1916 - Irene Worth, actress (+ 2002).
1929 - June Carter Cash, country music singer.
1940 - Adam Faith, singer and actor (+ 2003).
1940 - Lord Irvine of Lairg, British lawyer and Lord Chancellor
1940 - Wilma Rudolph, American runner (+ 1994).
1956 - Glenn Danzig, rock and roll preformer.
1957 - Frances McDormand, actress.
1963 - Colin Montgomerie, golfer.
1964 - Joss Whedon, producer, director, screenwriter.
1972 - Zinedine Zidane, French football player.

Deaths

1733 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, savant (* 1672).
1980 - Clyfford Still, painter.
1995 - Jonas Salk, inventor of polio vaccine.
1998 - Maureen O'Sullivan, actress.

Holidays and observances

Ancient Latvia - Jani held.

See Also:

June 22 - June 24 - May 23 - July 23 -- listing of all days

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December