Historical Events In June - 23

1932  Bob Blair, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s) on June - 23.   

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  Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor on this day in history.   

1935  Maurice Ferre, former mayor of Miami on June - 23.   

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

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

1939  France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (the Hatay) to Turkey on June - 23.   

1939  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history dutch artsens protest against nazis   

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  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  On this day in history compton & Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v S Africa   

1949  On this day in history first 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School   

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

1950  On this day in history swiss parliament refuses voting right for women   

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  Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage &$14M property-Kansas) on this day in history.   

1951  On June - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

1955  Walt Disney's "Lady &the Tramp" released on June - 23.   

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

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  On June - 23 birth of johann Baptista Serranus, composer   

1596  On this day in history birth of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)   

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

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  On this day in history theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies   

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

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

1444  Marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1555  On June - 23 death of pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)