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What happened in history on this day: June 23?
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- 1683 - William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians.
- 1743 - Peace between Sweden and Russia is signed at Åbo. Part of south-east Finland is ceded to Russia. Adolf Fredrik of Holstein-Gottorp is elected as heir to the Swedish throne.
- 1757 - British East Africa Company defeats Siraj-Ud-Daulah at the Battle of Plassey through treachery. An estimated 5000 of the Indian and French forces are killed, with 22 English dead and 50 wounded.
- 1760 - Battle of Landshut, Silesia.
- 1763 - Birth of Joséphine Martinique, empress of France.
- 1775 - First regatta held on Thames, England.
- 1784 - First US balloon flight (13-year-old Edward Warren).
- 1810 - John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Company (Astoria, Oregon).
- 1817 - The Montreal Bank (first bank in Canada) is established under Articles of Association.
- 1860 - US Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
- 1860 - US Secret Service is created.
- 1865 - At Fort Towson, Indian Territory, Confederate States of America General Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable army.
- 1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer".
- 1875 - Birth of Carl Milles near Uppsala, Sweden; sculptor (Irish Free State coinage, Wedding of the Waters, Hand of God).
- 1876 - Birth of Irvin S Cobb in Kentucky, USA; writer/humorist (Old Judge Priest).
- 1887 - Birth of John Finley Williamson in Canton, Ohio, USA; conductor (Westminster Choir).
- 1894 - Birth of Alfred Kinsey; entomologist/sexologist (Kinsey Report).
- 1894 - Birth of Duke of Windsor [King Edward VIII of England] (briefly in 1936).
- 1902 - Birth of Dr Howard T Engstrom in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; a designer of Univac computer.
- 1903 - M Wolf discovers asteroid #512 Taurinensis.
- 1904 - Birth of Dr Carleton Coon; professor of anthropology (What in the World).
- 1910 - Birth of Edward P. Morgan in Walla Walla, Washington, USA; journalist (1955-67), radio commentator ("Edward P. Morgan and the News" on ABC, George Foster Peabody Award 1956), TV news anchor (ABC Evening News).
- 1910 - Birth of Jean Anouilh in France; dramatist (Thieves' Carnival).
- 1911 - Birth of David Ogilvy; advertising whiz (Ogilvy and Mathers).
- 1912 - Birth of Alan Turing; mathematician pioneer in computer theory (Turing Machine).
- 1913 - Birth of William P Rogers; US secretary of state (1969-73).
- 1916 - Birth of Irene Worth in Nebraska, USA; actress (Deathtrap, Nicolas and Alexandra).
- 1917 - Molla Bjurstedt wins the US Lawn Tennis Association title.
- 1922 - Birth of Francis Thorne in Bay Shore, New York, USA; composer (Burlesque Overture).
- 1924 - V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1022 Olympiada.
- 1925 - Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre, Wyoming, USA).
- 1925 - Birth of Larry Blyden AKA Ivan Lawrence Blieden in Houston, Texas, USA; TV actor (Joe & Mabel, Harry's Girls), game show host (What's My Line).
- 1927 - Birth of Bob Fosse in Chicago, Illinois, USA; choreographer/director (Cabaret, Damn Yankees).
- 1927 - Lou Gehrig hits three home runs in 11-4 victory over Boston Red Sox.
- 1929 - Birth of Dave King in Twickenham, England; comedian (Kraft Music Hall).
- 1929 - Birth of Henri Pousseur in Malmédy, Belgium; composer (Homo Habitis).
- 1929 - Birth of June Carter in Scott County, Virginia, USA; singer (Johnny Cash Show), songwriter ("Ring of Fire"), actress and comedian (Carter Family), second wife of singer Johnny Cash.
- 1930 - Birth of Donn F Eisele in Columbus, Ohio, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Apollo 7).
- 1930 - Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8.
- 1931 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to accomplish the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane.
- 1935 - Birth of György Kárpáti in Hungary; water polo (Olympic-gold-1952, 1956, 1964).
- 1938 - US Civil Aeronautics Authority established.
- 1938 - Marineland opens in Florida, USA; first aquarium.
- 1939 - Siam changes its name to Thailand.
- 1939 - France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (the Hatay) to Turkey.
- 1940 - Birth of Adam Faith in England; singer ("Poor Me", "What Do You Want?").
- 1940 - Birth of Diana Trask in Australia; singer (Sing Along With Mitch).
- 1940 - Birth of Wilma Rudolph; American 100m/200m sprinter (Olympic-gold-1960).
- 1943 - Birth of James Levine; musical conductor (Tosca).
- 1944 - Four tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153.
- 1946 - Birth of Russ Thacker in Washington DC, USA; producer (Golden Seal).
- 1946 - Birth of Ted Shackelford in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Knots Landing, The Young and The Restless, Dallas).
- 1947 - US President Harry Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by Congress.
- 1947 - Birth of Bryan Brown; actor (Thorn Birds, A Town Like Alice).
- 1950 - Birth of Sally Geeson in Sussex, England; actress (Bless This House).
- 1950 - New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers hit record 11 home runs, Detroit Tigers win 10-9.
- 1951 - British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean flee to USSR.
- 1951 - Most expensive US hailstorm (US$1.5 million crop damage and US$14 million property - Kansas).
- 1953 - Birth of Filbert Bayi in Tanzania; 3000m runner (Olympic-silver-1980).
- 1954 - 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Overton, Nevada (state record).
- 1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt.
- 1956 - NBC-TV airs The Jimmy Durante Show for the last time.
- 1957 - S B Nicholson discovers asteroid #1647 Menelaus.
- 1957 - Birth of Frances McDormand; actress (State of Grace, Leg Work, Hill Street Blues).
- 1960 - ABC-TV airs The Pat Boone Show for the last time.
- 1961 - Philadelphia Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th and six in 9th.
- 1962 - Birth of Paul La Greca; actor (Airwolf, Knight Rider).
- 1962 - Birth of Steve Shelley; rock musician (Sonic Youth).
- 1963 - The Enchanted Tiki Room attraction opens in Adventureland at Disneyland. This is the first attraction with sophisticated Audio-Animatronic figures, 225 of them.
- 1963 - Julius Boros wins golf's US Open.
- 1963 - New York Mets' Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th home run, he circles bases backwards.
- 1964 - Birth of Joey Allen in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie).
- 1964 - Birth of Trent Bushey in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA; actor (David Rampal - All My Children).
- 1965 - Birth of Trent Bushey; actor (All My Children).
- 1967 - Jim Ryun sets mile record of 3:51.1 (Bakersfield, California).
- 1967 - US President Lyndon Johnson and Alexei Kosygin hold first of two summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey.
- 1967 - US Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (Democrat-Connecticut) for misusing campaign funds.
- 1969 - Joe Frazier beats Jerry Quarry for the heavyweight boxing title.
- 1969 - Death of Stanley Andrews at age 78; actor (The Old Ranger - Death Valley Days TV show).
- 1969 - Warren E Burger sworn in as US Supreme Court Chief Justice.
- 1970 - CBS-TV airs The Red Skelton Show for the last time.
- 1972 - Death of Elton Britt at age 54; yodeller, Jimmie Rodgers imitator, country singer (Saturday Night Jamboree).
- 1972 - Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history.
- 1972 - US President Richard Nixon and Chief of Staff Harry Haldeman agree to use Central Intelligence Agency to cover up Watergate.
- 1972 - US President Richard Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports.
- 1973 - Death of Fay Holdenat age 77 of cancer; actress (Andy Hardy's mother in MGM films and The Hardy Family radio series).
- 1973 - Philadelphia Phillies' Ken Brett's fourth consecutive game home run in which he pitched.
- 1974 - Sandra Haynie wins the LPGA by two strokes over JoAnne Carner.
- 1975 - Death of Ivy Baker Priest, US Treasurer.
- 1975 - Birth of Virgo Williams; rhythm-and-blues singer (Ghostowns DJs).
- 1976 - Islands of Aldabra, Farquhar, and Des Roches are returned from British Indian Ocean Territory to Seychelles.
- 1976 - Birth of Emmanuelle Vaugler in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actress (Two-and a-Half Men, CSI: New York, Smallville).
- 1977 - 13th Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Mets beat New York Yankees 6-4.
- 1978 - Panamá recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
- 1980 - Sanjay Gandhi, son of Indira Gandhi, dies in an air crash.
- 1980 - NBC-TV debuts The David Letterman Show daytime TV show.
- 1981 - Amanda Maccaro becomes first American to win Russian Ballet Competition.
- 1981 - 33-inning game ends, Pawtucket 3, Rochester 2 (started April 18).
- 1982 - -117 degrees F, all time low at the South Pole.
- 1982 - Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7kg (45 pounds).
- 1985 - Air India Flight 182, a Boeing 747, blows up 31,000 feet (9,500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, 110 miles southwest of Ireland, killing all 329 passengers and crew aboard.
- 1985 - Laffit Pncay Junior becomes the second jockey to win US$100 million.
- 1986 - Tip O'Neill refuses to let US President Ronald Reagan address House.
- 1987 - W Landgraf discovers asteroid #3683 Baumann.
- 1988 - Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft.
- 1988 - New York Yankees' manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager.
- 1989 - Buena Vista releases the film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids to theaters.
- 1989 - Warner Bros. releases the film Batman to theaters.
- 1990 - Moldova adopts a declaration of sovereignty.
- 1990 - TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of the year.
- 1991 - (to June 28) U.N. inspection teams attempt to intercept Iraqi vehicles carrying nuclear related equipment. Iraqi soldiers fire warning shots in the air to prevent inspectors from approaching the vehicles.
- 1991 - Moldova issues its first postage stamps.
- 1992 - Mafia boss John Gotti is sentenced to life in prison, after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering on April 2.
- 1995 - Death of 'Marvelous' Mark Throneberry, baseball player (New York Mets), from cancer at age 60.
- 1996 - Death of Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919).
- 1996 - In Japan, Nintendo ships the Nintendo 64 video game system. Price is 25,000 yen. It features 64-bit 93.75 MHz MIPS R4000 Series RISC main processor, 64-bit 62.5 MHz graphics and sound coprocessor, 4.5 MB of RAM, 32-bit color at 640x480 resolution, four control ports.
- 2000 - Bulk carrier Treasure carrying some 1.6 million litres of oil sinks off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. The spill washes onto Robben Island, home to about 5,700 pairs of jackass penguins.
- 2001 - Near the coast of Peru, a magnitude 8.4 earthquake occurs. At least 75 people killed, 2,687 injured, 17,510 homes destroyed and 35,549 homes damaged in the Arequipa-Camana-Tacna area. A resulting tsunami measured as high as 7 metres, reaching inland 1 kilometre.
- 2003 - The Supreme Court of the United States upholds affirmative action in university admissions.
- 2003 - Barry Bonds becomes the first major league baseball player to hit 500 homers and steal 500 bases in his career.
- 2003 - Death of Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (born 1938).
- 2005 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Detroit Pistons in Game 7 of the 2005 NBA Finals. The series is the first NBA Finals in 11 years to go to a seventh game.
- 2005 - Death of Shana Alexander at age 79 from cancer; journalist (Point-Counterpoint on 60 Minutes (1975-79)).
- 2006 - In Miami, Florida, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests seven men, accusing them of planning to bomb the Sears Tower and other attacks in Miami.
- 2006 - Death of Aaron Spelling in Los Angeles at age 83; television producer (The Mod Squad, Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Starsky and Hutch, Family, Hotel, The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Vega$, Hart to Hart, Dynasty, The Colbys, T.J. Hooker, Nightingales, Kindred: The Embraced, 7th Heaven, Burke's Law, Honey West, S.W.A.T.).
- 2008 - Research firm Gartner estimates that the number of personal computers in use around the world has surpassed 1 billion.
- 2008 - Seattle Mariners' pitcher Felix Hernandez become the first American League pitcher to hit a grand slam home run in 37 years.
- 2008 - Death of Arthur Chung, President of Guyana (born 1918).
- 2009 - Lucas Glover wins the U.S. Open of golf at the Bethpage Black course on Long Island, New York. Glover takes home US$1.35 million for his 4-under par win.
- 2009 - Longtime Johnny Carson announcer/sidekick (The Tonight Show for 30 years) Ed McMahon dies at age 86 in California; host of Star Search from 1983 to 1995, co-host of Bloopers and Practical Jokes from 1982 to 1986, and emceed game shows Missing Links, Snap Judgment, Concentration, and Whodunnit!.
- 2010 - Following a week of rain, Alagoas and Pernambuco states in north-east Brazil see flooding that destroys entire villages, and forces over 100,000 from their homes. 1000 are missing, with at least 42 known dead.
- 2010 - US General Stanley McChrystal is forced to resign as US commander of forces in Afghanistan, replaced by General David Petraeus.
- 2010 - A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hits Gracefield, Quebec, Canada, damaging several buildings, including the church and town hall. The quake is felt across southern and eastern Ontario and western Quebec, as well as in some U.S. states, including Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Jersey and New York.
- 2010 - The first-round tennis contest between American John Isner and Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon ends for the day tied at 59-59 (ten hours play), becoming the longest in tennis history. The match had already been suspended on June 22 after 3 hours of play.
- 2010 - Death of Mohammed Mzali, former Prime Minister of Tunisia (born 1925).
- 2016 - The United Kingdom votes 52 percent in a referendum to leave the European Union.
- 2016 - Colombian government signs cease-fire agreement with rebel FARC in Havanna, Cuba.
- 2020 - The People's Republic of China launches the last piece of their satellite-navigation system, from Sichuan province.
- 2020 - Malawi presidential election won by Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party and alliance, with 59 percent of votes.
- 2020 - A 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico and kills at least four people. It is felt more than 640 kilometres away in Mexico City.
- 2021 - New Zealand wins the 2019-2021 International Cricket Council World Test Championship.
- 2022 - The US Supreme Court rules the 2nd Amendment provision to "keep and bear arms" does not allow individual states to use any discretion when issuing concealed-carry licences.
- 2022 - Death of Sally Greengross at age 86; charity director-general (Age Concern).
- 2023 - Death of Paxton Whitehead at age 85 following a fall, in Arlington, Virginia, USA; actor (Friends TV show, Mad About You TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Frederic Forrest at age 86 after a long illness; actor (The Rose film (1979)).
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