Historical Events In June - 23

1932  On this day in history 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  On this day in history bert Convy, St Louis MO, game show host (Win, Lose or Draw)  

1935  On this day in history anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor  

1935  Maurice Ferre, former mayor of Miami on this day in history.  

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

1938  On June - 23 marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium  

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

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

1940  On this day in history marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp  

1941  Germany occupies Telz Lithuana on this day in history.  

1942  On June - 23 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 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 June - 23.  

1945  On June - 23 lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa  

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

1947  Compton & Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v S Africa on June - 23.  

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

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

1950  Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history british diplomats Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, two soviet spies, flee to the USSR  

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

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

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  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 June - 23.  

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

1956  On this day in history "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  On this day in history birth of francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)  

1456  Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486) was born on this day in history.  

1534  On June - 23 birth of oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)  

1540  On June - 23 birth of johann Baptista Serranus, composer  

1596  Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641) was born on this day in history.  

1612  On this day in history birth of justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet  

1612  André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660) was born on June - 23.  

0079  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of henry I of Austria  

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

1137  Adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies on June - 23.  

1139  On this day in history andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies  

1444  Marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies on June - 23.  

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