On this day: 23 April

Selected events and births on 23 April, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1016 – Edmund Ironside became King of England, reigning for only seven months before the country was conquered by Cnut the Great. Read more: Edmund Ironside Cnut
• 1348 – The first knights of the Order of the Garter, an order of chivalry founded by King Edward III of England, were appointed. Read more: Knight Order of the Garter Order of chivalry
• 1661 – Charles II was crowned King of England, Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey. Read more: Charles II of England Westminster Abbey
• 1685 – Succeeding Charles II, his late brother, James II was crowned King of England, becoming last Catholic to hold the title. Read more: Charles II of England James II of England Monarchy of the United Kingdom
• 1724 – Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, illustrating the topic of the Good Shepherd in pastoral music. Read more: Johann Sebastian Bach Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104 Good Shepherd
• 1927 – Cardiff City defeated Arsenal 1–0 in the FA Cup final (match programme pictured) in the only time the FA Cup has been won by a non-English team. Read more: Cardiff City F.C. Arsenal F.C. 1927 FA Cup final
• 1951 – American journalist William N. Oatis was arrested for espionage by the communist government of Czechoslovakia. Read more: William N. Oatis Espionage
• 1954 – Batting for the Milwaukee Braves against Vic Raschi of the St. Louis Cardinals, Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 home runs in Major League Baseball. Read more: Batting (baseball) Atlanta Braves Vic Raschi
• 1971 – The Rolling Stones released Sticky Fingers, the first album on their own label, Rolling Stones Records. Read more: The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers Rolling Stones Records
• 1976 – The American band the Ramones released their debut album, which became highly influential on the emerging punk rock movement. Read more: Ramones Ramones (album) Punk rock
• 1982 – The ZX Spectrum, Britain's best-selling microcomputer, was released. Read more: ZX Spectrum Microcomputer
• 2009 – The gamma-ray burst GRB 090423 was detected coming from the most distant astronomical object of any kind known at the time. Read more: Gamma-ray burst GRB 090423 List of the most distant astronomical objects
• 2010 – Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed into law the controversial anti–illegal immigration bill SB 1070, much of which was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more: Jan Brewer Illegal immigration Arizona SB 1070

Born on this day

• 1941 – Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland Read more: Paavo Lipponen Prime Minister of Finland
• 1950 – Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician Read more: Barbara McIlvaine Smith Sac and Fox Nation
• 1965 – Leni Robredo, Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th Vice President of the Philippines Read more: Leni Robredo Vice President of the Philippines
• 1970 – Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs Read more: Egemen Bağış Ministry of European Union Affairs (Turkey)
• 1995 – Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality Read more: Gigi Hadid
• 1996 – Carolina Alves, Brazilian tennis player Read more: Carolina Alves (tennis)
• 1997 – Zach Apple, American swimmer Read more: Zach Apple
• 1999 – Son Chaeyoung, South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter Read more: Chaeyoung
• 1999 – Laufey, Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician Read more: Laufey (singer)
• 2000 – Chloe Kim, American snowboarder Read more: Chloe Kim
• 2000 – Lee Jeno, South Korean rapper, vocalist and dancer Read more: Jeno (singer)
• 2018 – Prince Louis of Wales, British royal Read more: Prince Louis of Wales

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