Historical Events In June - 23

1981  On this day in history nYC mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy  

1981  On June - 23 zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79  

1982  On this day in history all time low at the South Pole -117ø F  

1982  On this day in history himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb)  

1985  On this day in history bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die  

1986  Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House on June - 23.  

1986  On this day in history nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies  

1987  W Landgraf discovers asteroid #3683 Baumann on June - 23.  

1988  Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared), dies on June - 23.  

1989  The movie "Batman" premiers on June - 23.  

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1990  On June - 23 a rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Stat of Liberty  

1990  On this day in history tV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of the year  

1991  Tony Randall &Jack Klugman star in Bdwy performance of Odd Couple on June - 23.  

1991  On June - 23 antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, dies at 66  

1992  On June - 23 lou Ramos, entertainer, dies  

1994  Alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure  

1996  On June - 23 andreas George Papandreou, PM of Greece (1981-89, 93-96), dies at 76  

1997  On this day in history "Wino" Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77  

2006  On this day in history in Miami, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests seven men, accusing them of planning to bomb the Sears Tower and other attacks in Miami.  

2012  Greece proposes to slow down austerity measures by two years on June - 23.  

2013  9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan on this day in history.  

2014  On this day in history claude Monet 's Water Lilies is sold at auction for US$54 million  

2017  On June - 23 saudi Arabia and allies, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain issue list of 13 conditions to Qatar in return for lifting sanctions, including closing Al Jazeera TV  

2017  Landslide in Xinmo village, Sichuan province, China kills 15 with more than 100 missing on June - 23.  

2017  "Bridge Over Troubled Water" single organized by Simon Cowell for those affected by Grenfell tower fire reaches No. 1 in UK charts on this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history violent clashes over several days between ethnic Berom farmers and Fulani herders in Plateau state, Nigeria, kill 86  

2018  On June - 23 zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa survives probable assassination attempt after blast at election rally in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe kills 2 and injures nearly 50  

2018  Laura Ingalls Wilder's name removed from book award by US Association for Library Service to Children, becuase of author's racist views and language on June - 23.  

2018  Explosion at a rally in Addis Ababa after speech by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed kills two and injures 150 on this day in history.  

2018  Indian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa becomes the second-youngest grandmaster at 12 years, 10 months, 13 days on this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history 12 boys and their coach are stranded in Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand by monsoon flooding, prompting an international rescue effort when they are discovered 9 days later  

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1160  On this day in history birth of johannes de Matha, French saint/founder (Trinitarians)  

1433  Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488) was born on this day in history.  

1456  On June - 23 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 June - 23.  

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  Death of Vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9) on this day in history.  

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

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

1075  Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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)