Historical Events In June - 23
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1981 NYC mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy on June - 23.
1981 Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79 on June - 23.
1982 On June - 23 all time low at the South Pole -117ø F
1982 Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb) on this day in history.
1985 On June - 23 bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die
1986 On June - 23 tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House
1986 Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies on June - 23.
1987 W Landgraf discovers asteroid #3683 Baumann on this day in history.
1988 Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared), dies on this day in history.
1989 On June - 23 the movie "Batman" premiers
1990 A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Stat of Liberty on June - 23.
1990 On June - 23 tV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of the year
1991 On June - 23 tony Randall &Jack Klugman star in Bdwy performance of Odd Couple
1991 On this day in history antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, dies at 66
1992 Lou Ramos, entertainer, dies on this day in history.
1994 On June - 23 alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83
1995 Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history andreas George Papandreou, PM of Greece (1981-89, 93-96), dies at 76
1997 "Wino" Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77 on this day in history.
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 On June - 23 greece proposes to slow down austerity measures by two years
2013 On June - 23 9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
2014 On June - 23 claude Monet 's Water Lilies is sold at auction for US$54 million
2017 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 on this day in history.
2017 Landslide in Xinmo village, Sichuan province, China kills 15 with more than 100 missing on this day in history.
2017 On June - 23 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" single organized by Simon Cowell for those affected by Grenfell tower fire reaches No. 1 in UK charts
2018 Violent clashes over several days between ethnic Berom farmers and Fulani herders in Plateau state, Nigeria, kill 86 on June - 23.
2018 Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa survives probable assassination attempt after blast at election rally in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe kills 2 and injures nearly 50 on June - 23.
2018 On June - 23 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
2018 On this day in history explosion at a rally in Addis Ababa after speech by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed kills two and injures 150
2018 Indian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa becomes the second-youngest grandmaster at 12 years, 10 months, 13 days on June - 23.
2018 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 on June - 23.
2020 On June - 23 a 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico and kills at least four people. It is felt more than 640 kilometres (400 mi) away in Mexico City.
2021 Britney Spears requests a judge end her court-ordered conservatorship, states "I think this conservatorship is abusive. I don't think I can live a full life" on June - 23.