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, 2024 is the 114th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 252 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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
- 1343 –Estonia: St. George’s Night Uprising.
- 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.
- 1927 –Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children’s Day as a national holiday.
- 1935 –The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
- 1941 –World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
- 1955 –The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
- 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?
- 1170 –Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)
- 1628 –Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)
- 1891 –Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (d. 1953)
- 1894 –Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955)
- 1900 –Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1902 –Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- 1907 –Lee Miller, American photographer & model (d. 1977)
- 1918 –Maurice Druon, French author (d. 2009)
- 1960 –Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1987 –Boaz Mauda, Israeli singer
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