Historical Events In June - 23

1932  Bob Blair, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s) on this day in history.  

1933  Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35½ year run on NBC on June - 23.  

1933  On this day in history bert Convy, St Louis MO, game show host (Win, Lose or Draw)  

1935  On June - 23 anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor  

1935  On June - 23 maurice Ferre, former mayor of Miami  

1938  On June - 23 civil Aeronautics Authority (US) established  

1938  On this day in history marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium  

1939  France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (the Hatay) to Turkey on June - 23.  

1939  Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling champ on this day in history.  

1940  On June - 23 marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp  

1941  On June - 23 germany occupies Telz Lithuana  

1942  On this day in history world War II: Germany's latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf FW190 is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.  

1943  Dutch artsens protest against nazis on June - 23.  

1944  On this day in history 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153  

1945  On this day in history 77th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Pavot wins in 2:30.2  

1945  On this day in history lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa  

1947  Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress on June - 23.  

1947  On June - 23 compton & Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v S Africa  

1949  On this day in history first 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School  

1949  1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School on June - 23.  

1950  On June - 23 swiss parliament refuses voting right for women  

1951  British diplomats Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, two soviet spies, flee to the USSR on June - 23.  

1951  On June - 23 british diplomats Guy Burgess &Donald Maclean flee to USSR  

1951  On June - 23 most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage &$14M property-Kansas)  

1951  On June - 23 british diplomats Guy Burgess & Donald Maclean flee to USSR  

1951  On this day in history armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70  

1952  US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea on this day in history.  

1953  Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament on this day in history.  

1954  122°F (50°C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994) on June - 23.  

1955  Walt Disney's "Lady &the Tramp" released on June - 23.  

1955  Walt Disney's "Lady & the Tramp" released on this day in history.  

1956  Colonel Nasser elected as President in Egypt on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt  

1956  "Jimmy Durante Show," last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.  

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1160  On June - 23 birth of johannes de Matha, French saint/founder (Trinitarians)  

1433  On June - 23 birth of francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)  

1456  Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486) was born on June - 23.  

1534  Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582) was born on June - 23.  

1540  On this day in history birth of johann Baptista Serranus, composer  

1596  On this day in history birth of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)  

1612  Justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet was born on June - 23.  

1612  André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

0079  On June - 23 death of vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9)  

0758  On this day in history ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74  

1018  On this day in history death of henry I of Austria  

1075  Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies on June - 23.  

1137  Adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies on this day in history.  

1139  On June - 23 andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies  

1444  Marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies on this day in history.  

1555  On June - 23 death of pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)