Page 5: Historical Events In April - 23

1907  Baroness Dudley on this day in history.   

1908  Denmark, Germany, Engld, France, Neth & Sweden signs North Sea accord on April - 23.   

1908  On this day in history frederick Hawkins, dancer   

1909  Thomas Padmore, senior civil servant on April - 23.   

1910  International Exhibition opens in Brussels on April - 23.   

1911  Ronald Neame, director (1st Monday in Oct, Poseidon Adventure) on this day in history.   

1913  Jan Meyerowitz, composer on April - 23.   

1914  On April - 23 andrew Martin, Lord-Lt (Lechestershire England)   

1915  On this day in history aCA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)   

1915  On April - 23 lance-Cpl. Fredrick Fisher (Cdn. 13th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at St.Julien Belgium   

1915  On April - 23 rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27   

1916  On April - 23 lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn," premieres in NYC   

1918  USS Stewart destroys German submarine off France on April - 23.   

1918  Battle of Zeebrugge ends on this day in history.   

1918  On April - 23 percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies   

1919  On this day in history major leagues open a reduced 140-game season   

1920  Turkish Grand National Assembly first meets, in Ankara on April - 23.   

1920  Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara on this day in history.   

1921  On April - 23 charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs)   

1923  Inauguration ceremonies take place of Gdynia as a temporary military port and fishers' shelter on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history british Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley   

1925  On April - 23 1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged   

1925  Andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history the birth of James Donleavey, Irish novelist   

1926  Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies on April - 23.   

1928  The birth of Shirley Temple, American film star on April - 23.   

1929  Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28 on April - 23.   

1930  On April - 23 h Van Gent discovers asteroids #1225 Ariane & #1267 Geertruida   

1932  Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon on this day in history.   

1933  The Gestapo is established in Germany on April - 23.   

1933  On this day in history dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal   

1934  In first Navy movement through Panama Canal over 100 ships transitted on April - 23.   

1935  Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted on April - 23.   

1936  M Laugier discovers asteroid #1651 Behrens on this day in history.   

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.   

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  On this day in history birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.   

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.   

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on April - 23.   

0871  On this day in history ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  On this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  On this day in history vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40   

1014  On April - 23 brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  On April - 23 aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies