Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: April 23
April 23, 2025 is the 113th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 252 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 23
- 1014 –Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
- 1521 –Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
- 1661 –King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- 1918 –World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
- 1920 –The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara.
- 1927 –Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children’s Day as a national holiday.
- 1961 –Algiers putsch by French generals.
- 1990 –Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1993 –Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
- 2003 –Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
Who were born on April 23?
- 1725 –Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)
- 1867 –Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1928)
- 1872 –Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)
- 1957 –Jan Hooks, American actress
- 1967 –Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
- 1969 –Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
- 1970 –Dennis Bayne Culp, American singer/songwriter
- 1975 –Jón Þór Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer (Sigur Rós)
- 1979 –Joanna Krupa, Polish/American model and actress
- 1981 –Seka Aleksic, Serbian turbofolk singer
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