Historical Events In June - 23

1932  On June - 23 bob Blair, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s)   

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

1933  Bert Convy, St Louis MO, game show host (Win, Lose or Draw) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1939  France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (the Hatay) to Turkey on this day in history.   

1939  On June - 23 bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling champ   

1940  Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1945  Lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa on this day in history.   

1947  Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1951  Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage &$14M property-Kansas) on June - 23.   

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

1951  Armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70 on June - 23.   

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 June - 23.   

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

1955  On this day in history walt Disney's "Lady &the Tramp" released   

1955  On this day in history 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  On June - 23 "Jimmy Durante Show," last airs on NBC-TV   

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

1433  Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488) was born on June - 23.   

1456  On this day in history birth of margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)   

1534  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1612  Justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet was born on this day in history.   

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

0079  On this day in history death of vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9)   

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

1018  Death of Henry I of Austria on this day in history.   

1075  On June - 23 theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies   

1137  On this day in history adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies   

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

1444  On this day in history marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies   

1555  Death of Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470) on this day in history.