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April 23: Day of the Week
April 23, 2024 was the 114th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 252 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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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)
1016
Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England,
1343
Estonia: St. George’s Night Uprising.
1521
Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
1910
Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.
1918
World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
1932
The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later.
1935
The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1949
Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People’s Liberation Army Navy.
1985
Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
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?
1628
Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)
1813
Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (d. 1861)
1895
Johnny Hyde, Russian-born American talent agent (d. 1950)
1917
Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (d. 2008)
1941
Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland 1995-2003
1943
Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
1969
Arthur Phillips, American author and Jeopardy! champion
1970
Dennis Bayne Culp, American singer/songwriter
1975
Jón Þór Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer (Sigur Rós)
1987
Boaz Mauda, Israeli singer
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