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.
- 1661 –King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- 1910 –Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.
- 1932 –The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later.
- 1949 –Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People’s Liberation Army Navy.
- 1951 –American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
- 1955 –The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
- 1967 –Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) is a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
- 1985 –Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
Who were born on April 23?
- 1464 –Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, queen of France (d. 1505)
- 1823 –Abd-ul-Mejid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861)
- 1899 –Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1979)
- 1910 –Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)
- 1918 –Maurice Druon, French author (d. 2009)
- 1941 –Michael Lynne, American film executive
- 1948 –Pascal Quignard, French author
- 1969 –Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
- 1971 –Uli Herzner, German American designer
- 1979 –Joanna Krupa, Polish/American model and actress
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