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April 23: Day of the Week
April 23, 2024 is the 114th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 252 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
April 23 Historical Event(s)
215 BC
A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
1014
Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
1016
Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England,
1521
Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
1660
Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
1927
Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children’s Day as a national holiday.
1935
The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1940
The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
1961
Algiers putsch by French generals.
1990
Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Who were born on April 23?
1867
Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1928)
1932
Jim Fixx, American athlete and writer (d. 1984)
1934
George Canseco, Filipino music composer (d. 2004)
1947
Glenn Cornick, British musician (Jethro Tull)
1949
David Cross, British violinist (King Crimson)
1962
John Hannah, Scottish actor
1974
Carlos Dengler, American musician (Interpol)
1979
Barry Fratelli, Scottish bassist (The Fratellis)
1987
John Boye, Ghanaian football player
1988
Molly Burnett, American actress
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