Tuesday, April 23, 2013

This will be 113th day of the year and 252 days will remain in the year.


April 23 Birthdays

William Shakespeare
1564–1616, English dramatist and poet, born in Stratford-on-Avon.

J.M.W. Turner
painter (1775)

 James Buchanan
President (1791)

 Max Planck
physicist (1858)

 Sergei Prokofiev
composer (1891)

 Ngaio Marsh
detective story writer (1899)

 Shirley Temple Black
actress, politician (1928)

April 23 in History

1616

Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

1954

Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 home runs.

1969

Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death (later reduced to a life sentence) for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

1985

Coca-Cola announced that it was changing its formula and introduced New Coke.

1998

James Earl Ray, convicted of assassinating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died.

2004

The U.S. resumed diplomatic relations with Libya.

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