- 215 BC A temple dedicated to Venus Erycina is built on Capitoline Hill to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene
- 1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at the Battle of Clontarf, freeing Ireland from foreign control
- 1597 William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is first performed with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance
- 1861 Robert E. Lee is named commander of Virginia's Confederate forces (US Civil War)
- 1968 First decimal coins issued in Britain, the 5 and 10 new pence, replacing the shilling and two-shilling pieces
- 1984 AIDS virus is identified as HTLV-III (Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type III)
- 1961 Singer Judy Garland appears in concert at Carnegie Hall, NYC; the event is recorded for a double live album and wins a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, the first by a female artist
- 2013 West Indian cricketer Chris Gayle smashes the fastest century in history in just 30 balls
Gamma ray burst (GRB) 090423 is observed for 10 seconds, the most distant object of any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe
- 👁 Image
Roy Orbison
1936 - 1988
Wine merchant William Sokolin breaks a bottle of 1787 Château Margaux, possibly belonging to Thomas Jefferson, worth $500,000 at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York
- 1445 Margaret of Anjou (15) weds King Henry VI of England (23) in Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire
- 1843 Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and educator, marries Julia Ward, American poet and author
- 1925 Film producer Samuel Goldwyn (42) weds actress Frances Howard (21)
- 1982 American professional boxer George Foreman (33) divorces Sharon Goodson after 7 months of marriage
- 1992 British Princess Anne (the Princess Royal) and her 1st husband Captain Mark Phillips divorce after 19 years
- 1993 Mötley Crue guitarist Mick Mars (42) files for divorce from Emi Canyn (39) due to infidelity after four years of marriage
- 👁 The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot)
German Beer Purity Law
The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot)
April 23, 1516 - 👁 Staff and students from Shakespeare's old school in a birthday parade through the town to put flowers on his grave
Who Wrote Shakespeare?
Could the son of a provincial glove-maker, born on this day in history, be the author of the world's greatest plays? The argument rages on.
April 23, 1564 - 👁 World War I Fighter Ace The Red Baron
Weekly Quiz for April 20 - 26
What nationality was WWI fighter ace The Red Baron? What was Elvis Presley's 1st #1 hit record? What country is the Chernobyl nuclear power station located in?
- 👁 King Henry VIII at the height of his reign
A Son, A Son – My Wife For A Son!
April 21, 1509 - 👁 Richard Nixon on the presidential campaign trail
Richard Nixon, The Only US President to Resign
April 22, 1994 - 👁 Colonel ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (center, with glasses and holstered gun) with his ‘Rough Riders’ after victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill
Spain Declares War Against the United States
April 24, 1898 - 👁 Konrad Kujau with his faked Hitler diaries in a Hamburg court in 1984
Hitler's Diaries Fail Forensic Tests
April 25, 1983
