Historical Events In June - 23

1932  On this day in history bob Blair, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s)  

1933  On this day in history don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35½ year run on NBC  

1933  On June - 23 bert Convy, St Louis MO, game show host (Win, Lose or Draw)  

1935  Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor on June - 23.  

1935  On this day in history maurice Ferre, former mayor of Miami  

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

1938  Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium on June - 23.  

1939  On this day in history france turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (the Hatay) to Turkey  

1939  On this day in history bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling champ  

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

1941  On June - 23 germany occupies Telz Lithuana  

1942  World War II: Germany's latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf FW190 is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales on June - 23.  

1943  Dutch artsens protest against nazis on June - 23.  

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

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

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

1947  On June - 23 truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress  

1947  Compton & Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v S Africa on this day in history.  

1949  First 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School on this day in history.  

1949  1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School on this day in history.  

1950  Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women on June - 23.  

1951  British diplomats Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, two soviet spies, flee to the USSR on this day in history.  

1951  British diplomats Guy Burgess &Donald Maclean flee to USSR on June - 23.  

1951  On this day in history most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage &$14M property-Kansas)  

1951  On this day in history british diplomats Guy Burgess & Donald Maclean flee to USSR  

1951  On June - 23 armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70  

1952  On this day in history uS airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea  

1953  On this day in history patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament  

1954  122°F (50°C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994) on this day in history.  

1955  On June - 23 walt Disney's "Lady &the Tramp" released  

1955  On June - 23 walt Disney's "Lady & the Tramp" released  

1956  On this day in history colonel Nasser elected as President in Egypt  

1956  On June - 23 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  Johannes de Matha, French saint/founder (Trinitarians) was born on June - 23.  

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  On June - 23 birth of oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)  

1540  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer was born on this day in history.  

1596  Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641) was born on June - 23.  

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

1612  On this day in history birth of andré Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)  

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

0758  On June - 23 ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74  

1018  On June - 23 death of henry I of Austria  

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

1137  On June - 23 adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies  

1139  Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1444  On June - 23 marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies  

1555  On this day in history death of pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)