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

A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian is arrested.

At least 28 people are killed and more than 70 are injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.

The first ever YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by user "jawed".

Algiers putsch by French generals.

The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.

Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.

The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.

The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.

St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia.

A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.