History Events on April 23
Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
#Manuel_Roxas
The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day.
#Order_of_the_Garter
World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
#World_War_II
First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
#Baseball
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 three months.
#Coca-Cola
Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: ???? 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
#Soviet_space_program
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
#Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey
Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
#Vietnam_War
World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
#Baedeker_Blitz
World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
#World_War_I
The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
#Rhythm_Club_fire
Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
#Bangladesh_Liberation_War
A mudslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, 54 miners are missing and feared dead.
#Myanmar
Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England.
#Edmund_Ironside
The Bayerische Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) is signed in Ingolstadt.
#Reinheitsgebot
Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks.
#Dagobert_III
King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
#Charles_II_of_England
World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Hitler that the telegram is treasonous.
#Adolf_Hitler
Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city.
#Scroll_Serpent
Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.
#Treaty_of_Oliva
Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
#Battle_of_Villalar
Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
#Sri_Lanka
Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
#Cold_War
Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
#Eritrea
Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
#University_of_Notre_Dame
Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
#Chinese_Civil_War
Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
#Namibia
The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
#Second_Serbian_Uprising
Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
#Battle_of_Clontarf