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June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 191 days remaining.
Events
- 1295 - Pope Boniface VIII enters Rome.
- 1305 - Flemish-French peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge .
- 1314 - Start of the Battle Of Bannockburn south of Stirling , Edward II Of England & Robert I Of Scotland met in battle. Scotland won and Edward fled the field and Scotland.
- 1532 - Henry VIII & François I sign secret treaty against Emperor Charles V .
- 1611 - The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson 's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in the Atlantic Ocean ; they are never heard from again.
- 1661 - Marriage contract between Charles II Of England & Catharina Of Portugal .
- 1683 - William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania .
- 1713 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada . {Link without Title}
- 1724 - Russia and Turkey sign Treaty Of Constantinople .
- 1757 - Battle Of Plassey - 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong India n army under Siraj-ud-Dawlah at Plassey .
- - British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany .
- - Austria beats Prussia .
- 1794 - Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev .
- 1810 - John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company .
- 1812 - Napoleon begins the famous offensive on Russia , which fails horribly.
- 1812 - had revoked the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
- 1858 - Six-year-old Edgardo Mortara is seized by Papal authorities.
- 1860 - The US Congress establishes the Government Printing Office .
- in Oklahoma Territory Confederate General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel Army .
- 1887 - The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada , creating that nation's first National Park , Banff National Park . {Link without Title}
- 1888 - Frederick Douglass is the first African-American nominated for US president.
- 1894 - International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne , Paris , at the initiative of Baron Pierre De Coubertin .
- 1919 - Defeat of German forces at Cesis in northern Latvia during Estonian Liberation War , now celebrated annually as Estonian Victory Day.
- 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. {Link without Title}
- 1938 - The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States .
- 1938 - Marineland opens near St. Augustine, Florida .
- leader Adolf Hitler surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France .
- 1941 - Lithuanian Activist Front initiates Lithuanian 1941 Independence from the Soviet Union; it lasted only briefly as the Nazis occupied Lithuania a few weeks later.
- 1944 - Thomas Mann becomes a US citizen.
- 1947 - The United States Senate follows the United States House Of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman 's Veto of the Taft-Hartley Act .
- 1955 - In the Strahov Stadium in Prague the 1st all-national Spartakiáda begins.
- 1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt.
- 1958 - The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers.
- 1959 - Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden , East Germany (where he resumed a scientific career).
- 1959 - A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim , Norway kills 34 people.
- 1960 - Japan signs security treaty with the U.S.
- meets with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference .
- 1968 - 74 are killed and 150 injured in a Soccer stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.
- 1969 - Warren E. Burger is sworn in as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring chief Earl Warren .
- and White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau Of Investigation 's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
- 1973 - A fire at a house in Hull , England , which kills a six year old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale .
- 1985 - A Boeing 747 carrying Air India Flight 182 blew-up 31,000 feet (9500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean , South of Ireland , killing all 329 aboard.
- 1990 - Moldavia declares independence.
- 1991 - Sonic The Hedgehog , one of the most popular video game characters in history, makes his debut in his self-titled Video Game .
- 1996 - The Nintendo 64 , successor to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System is released in Japan .
- 2006 - Serenity Day. A fan-engineered day of celebration and promotion for the short lived Firefly (TV Series) and the Serenity (film) that followed it. {Link without Title}
- 2006 After 16 years, radio host Phil Hendrie is scheduled to host his last show.
Births
- 47 BC - Pharaoh Ptolemy XV of Egypt
- 1433 - Francis II, Duke Of Brittany (d. 1488 )
- 1456 - Margaret Of Denmark , wife of James III Of Scotland (d. 1486 )
- 1534 - Oda Nobunaga , Japanese warlord (d. 1582 )
- 1596 - Johan Banér , Swedish soldier (d. 1641 )
- 1612 - André Tacquet , Belgian mathematician (d. 1660 )
- 1668 - Giambattista Vico , Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744 )
- 1683 - Etienne Fourmont , French orientalist (d. 1745 )
- 1716 - Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley , English politician (d. 1789 )
- 1750 - Dolomieu , French geologist (d. 1801 )
- 1763 - Josephine De Beauharnais , Empress of France (d. 1814 )
- 1800 - Karol Marcinkowski , Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846 )
- 1888 - Bronson M. Cutting , American politician
- 1889 - Anna Akhmatova , Russian poet (d. 1966 )
- 1894 - Alfred Kinsey , American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956 )
- 1894 - King Edward VIII Of The United Kingdom (d. 1972 )
- 1907 - James Meade , English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995 )
- 1910 - Jean Anouilh , French dramatist (d. 1987 )
- 1910 - Gordon B. Hinckley , president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
- 1912 - Alan Turing , English mathematician (d. 1954 )
- 1916 - Len Hutton , English cricketer (d. 1990 )
- 1927 - Bob Fosse , American choreographer (d. 1987 )
- 1929 - June Carter Cash , American singer (d. 2003 )
- 1935 - Maurice Ferre , former Puerto Rican mayor of Miami
- 1936 - Costas Simitis , Prime Minister Of Greece
- 1937 - Martti Ahtisaari , President Of Finland
- 1940 - Adam Faith , English singer and actor (d. 2003 )
- 1940 - Lord Irvine Of Lairg , Scottish Lord Chancellor
- 1940 - Wilma Rudolph , American runner (d. 1994 )
- 1941 - Robert Hunter , American lyricist and poet ( The Grateful Dead )
- 1943 - James Levine , American conductor
- 1943 - Vint Cerf , American Internet pioneer
- 1946 - Ted Shackleford , American actor
- 1948 - Clarence Thomas , U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- 1948 - Darhyl S. Ramsey , American author and professor of music education
- 1955 - Glenn Danzig , American musician ( The Misfits and Danzig )
- 1955 - Jean Tigana , French footballer
- 1957 - Frances McDormand , American actress
- 1962 - Chuck Billy , American singer
- 1963 - Colin Montgomerie , Scottish golfer
- 1964 - Joss Whedon , American producer, director, and screenwriter
- 1966 - Chico DeBarge , American musician ( DeBarge )
- 1971 - Felix Potvin , Canadian professional hockey goaltender
- 1972 - Selma Blair , American actress
- 1972 - Zinedine Zidane , French footballer
- 1973 - Marie N , Latvian singer
- 1975 - Kevin Dyson , American football player
- 1976 - Brandon Stokley , American football player
- 1976 - Patrick Monahan , British comedian
- 1976 - Patrick Vieira , French footballer
- 1977 - Jason Mraz , American singer and songwriter
- 1979 - LaDainian Tomlinson , American football player
- 1980 - Ramnaresh Sarwan , Guyanese cricketer
Deaths
- 79 - Vespasian , Roman Emperor (b. 9 )
- 1018 - Henry I Of Austria
- 1516 - King Ferdinand II Of Aragon (b. 1452 )
- 1555 - Pedro Mascarenhas , Portuguese explorer (b. 1470 )
- 1582 - Shimizu Muneharu , Japanese military leader (b. 1537 )
- 1615 - Mashita Nagamori , Japanese warlord (b. 1545 )
- 1677 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke Of Württemberg (b. 1647 )
- 1686 - William Coventry , English statesman
- 1707 - John Mill , English theologian
- 1733 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer , Swiss scholar (b. 1672 )
- 1770 - Mark Akenside , English poet and physician (b. 1721 )
- 1775 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr Von Pöllnitz , German adventurer and writer (b. 1692 )
- 1806 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson , French naturalist (b. 1723 )
- 1832 - James Hall , Scottish geologist (b. 1761 )
- 1891 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber , German physicist (b. 1804 )
- 1893 - Sir Theophilus Shepstone , British-born South African statesman (b. 1817 )
- 1956 - Reinhold Glière , Russian composer (b. 1875 )
- 1959 - Boris Vian , French writer and musician (b. 1920 )
- 1969 - Volmari Iso-Hollo , Finnish athlete (b. 1907 )
- 1980 - Clyfford Still , American painter (b. 1904 )
- 1992 - Eric Andolsek , American football player (b. 1966 )
- 1995 - Jonas Salk , American medical researcher (b. 1914 )
- 1996 - Andreas Papandreou , Prime Minister Of Greece (b. 1919 )
- 1998 - Maureen O'Sullivan , Irish actress (b. 1911 )
- 1999 - Buster Merryfield , British actor (b. 1920 )
- 2002 - Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar , Panamanian boxer (b. 1975 )
- 2003 - Vasil Bykau , Belarusian writer (b. 1924 )
- 2003 - Maynard Jackson , Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (b. 1938 )
- 2005 - Shana Alexander , American columnist (b. 1926 )
Holidays and observances
External links
June 22 - June 24 - May 23 - July 23 -- Listing Of All Days
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