June 23

Events

 * - - peace treaty signed at.
 * - Start of the south of,  &  met in battle. Scotland won and Edward fled the field and Scotland.
 * - &  sign secret treaty against Emperor.
 * -, commander of the   dies, during the.
 * - The mutinous crew of 's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now ; they are never heard from again.
 * - Marriage contract between &.
 * - signs friendship treaty with  Indians in.
 * - French residents of given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave.
 * - -  3000  troops under  defeat  a 50,000 strong n army under  at.
 * - : -   forces defeat  troops at  in.
 * - : -  beats.
 * - Empress of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in.
 * - forms the.
 * - : had revoked the restrictions on  commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
 * - Six-year-old is seized by Papal authorities.
 * - The establishes the.
 * - : At  in    General  surrenders the last significant rebel army.
 * - receives a patent for.
 * - The becomes law in, creating that nation's first ,.
 * - is the first African-American nominated for US president.
 * - is founded at the, , at the initiative of Baron.
 * - In a game against the, pitcher  retires 26 batters in a row after replacing , who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
 * - Defeat of German forces at Cesis in northern Latvia during, now celebrated annually as Estonian Victory Day.
 * - The administers the first  exam.
 * - and Harold Gatty take off from  in an attempt to  the world in a single-engine plane.
 * - The is signed into law, forming the  in the.
 * - : leader  surveys newly defeated  in now occupied.
 * - initiates  from the Soviet Union; it lasted only briefly as the Nazis occupied Lithuania a few weeks later.
 * - : The first selections for the at  take place on a trainload of  from.
 * 1942  - World War II:  latest, a  is captured intact when it mistakenly lands in.
 * - World War II: The destroyers ' and ' sink the  submarine Ascianghi in the  after she torpedoes the cruiser .
 * - The Imperial Japanese armed forces ended organized resistance to the U.S. armed forces in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island of.
 * - The follows the  in overriding U.S. President 's  of the.
 * - In the in  the 1st all-national  begins.
 * - The accepts women ministers.
 * - Convicted spy  is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to,  (where he resumed a scientific career).
 * 1959  - A fire in a resort hotel in,  kills 34 people.
 * - : U.S. President meets with Soviet Premier  in  for the three-day.
 * 1967  -  crashes due to an incorrectly installed valve, killing all 34 on board.
 * - 74 are killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a stadium.
 * - is sworn in as chief justice of the  by retiring chief.
 * - : U.S. President and  chief of staff  are taped talking about using the  to  obstruct the 's investigation into the  break-ins.
 * 1972  - 45 countries leave the, allowing their currencies to fluctuate independently of the British Pound.
 * - A fire at a house in, , which kills a six year old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist.
 * - A terrorist bomb aboard brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland; killing all 329 people aboard.
 * - declares independence.

Births

 * - Pharaoh of Egypt
 * - Queen (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, wife of (d. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (d. )
 * -, Swedish soldier (d. )
 * -, Belgian mathematician (d. )
 * -, Italian philosopher and historian (d. )
 * -, French orientalist (d. )
 * -, queen of Louis XV of France (d. )
 * -, English politician (d. )
 * -, French geologist (d. )
 * -, Empress of France (d. )
 * -, Mormon Physician and Representative to Congress (d. )
 * -, Polish physician and social activist (d. )
 * -, German musician and composer (d. )
 * -, professional ice hockey player (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, Russian poet (d. )
 * -, American entomologist and sexologist (d. )
 * 1894  - King  (d. )
 * -, German actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, English economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. )
 * -, French dramatist (d. )
 * 1910  -, president of
 * 1910  -, American jazz bassist (d. )
 * -, English mathematician (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, political leader (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player (d. )
 * -, American choreographer (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, former Puerto Rican mayor of Miami
 * -, English singer and actor (d. )
 * 1940  -, Scottish
 * 1940  -, American runner (d. )
 * 1940  -, first bassist with  (d. )
 * -, American lyricist and poet
 * -, American conductor
 * 1943  -, American Internet pioneer
 * -, Swedish journalist and writer.
 * -, American actor
 * -, Australian actor
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
 * 1948  -, American author and professor of music education
 * 1948  -, Canadian guitarist and vocalist
 * -, Australian sports broadcaster
 * -, President and CEO Canada
 * -, American musician ( and )
 * 1955  -, British actress and model
 * 1955  -, French footballer
 * 1955  -, Quebec politician
 * -, American music producer, judge on
 * -, American actress
 * -, American musician
 * 1960  -, Japanese musician and programmer
 * -, Serbian comic artist
 * -, American singer
 * 1962  -, Finnish ice hockey player
 * 1962  -, TV/film special effects technician
 * -, Scottish golfer
 * 1963  -, American musician ( and )
 * -, American producer, director, and screenwriter
 * 1964  -, Chinese gymnast
 * -, British guitarist
 * -, American musician
 * -, Taiwanese musician
 * -, New Zealand politician
 * 1967  -, British archaeologist
 * -, American actor
 * -, Green Bay Packers Wide Receiver
 * 1970  -, French musician
 * -, Canadian professional hockey goaltender
 * -, American actress
 * 1972  -, American TV anchor
 * 1972  -, French footballer
 * -, Latvian singer
 * -, Australian actor
 * -, American football player
 * 1975  -, Scottish singer and songwriter
 * -, American football player
 * 1976  -, British comedian
 * 1976  -, French footballer
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * 1977  -, Spanish footballer
 * -, American rapper
 * -, American football player
 * -, Guyanese cricketer
 * -, American performer
 * -, Hong Kong singer, actress and model
 * 1988  -, American gymnast
 * -, Hong Kong singer, actress and model
 * 1988  -, American gymnast

Deaths

 * -, (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Portuguese explorer (b. )
 * -, Japanese military leader (b. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English statesman
 * -, English theologian
 * -, Swiss scholar (b. )
 * -, English poet and physician (b. )
 * -, German adventurer and writer (b. )
 * - Ras, warlord of (b. about )
 * -, French naturalist (b. )
 * -, Russian literary critic and philosopher (b. )
 * -, Scottish geologist (b. )
 * -, German physicist (b. )
 * - Sir, British-born South African statesman (b. )
 * -, Russian painter (b. )
 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * -, French writer and musician (b. )
 * -, Finnish athlete (b. )
 * -, American aviator and racer (b. )
 * -, American painter (b. )
 * 1980  -, Fourth President of India (b. )
 * -, Swedish actress and singer (b. )
 * -, Chinese-American hate crime victim (b. )
 * -, German jurist and nazi leader (b. )
 * -, American football player (b. )
 * -, American medical researcher (b. )
 * 1995  -, Russian ice hockey coach (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Irish actress (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, one of the Canadian (b. )
 * -, Panamanian boxer (b. )
 * -, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (b. )
 * -, American columnist (b. )
 * 2005  -, Greek poet (b. )
 * -, American television producer (b. )
 * 2006  -, wrestler, and one-half of first-ever  Tag Team Champions (b. )
 * 2006  -, a 175 year old  (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * , Christianized as the eve of the feast of, is celebrated in much of and the
 * -, and
 * -, and
 * -, and

Liturgical feasts

 * - especially celebrated in
 * (died 1076)
 * Blessed Mary of (died 1213)
 * Blessed Mary of (died 1213)