TODAY HISTORY LESSON: APRIL 23
215 BC A temple, built on the Capitoline Hill, is dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene
1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of Clontarf, freeing Ireland from foreign control
1348 The first English order of knighthood is founded.
1635 Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded
1661 Charles II is formally crowned king, returning the monarchy to Britain, albeit with greatly reduced powers.
1789 President George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York.
1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason
1856 Free Stater J.N. Mace in Westport, Kansas shoots pro-slavery sheriff Samuel Jones in the back.
1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia
1895 Russia, France, and Germany force Japan to return the Liaodong peninsula to China.
1900 The word “hillbilly” was first used in print in an article in the “New York Journal.” It was spelled “Hill-Billie”.
1908 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt signed an act creating the U.S. Army Reserve.
1915 The ACA becomes the National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA), the forerunner of NASA.
1924 The U.S. Senate passes the Soldiers’ Bonus Bill.
1966 President Lyndon Johnson publicly appeals for more nations to come to the aid of South Vietnam.
1968 The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged to form the United Methodist Church.
1982 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumer prices declined the previous month (March). It was the first decline in almost 17 years.
1985 Coca-Cola releases New Coke. The new formula was so unpopular that the original Coke was re-introduced as Coca-Cola Classic soon afterward.
1988 Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less
1991 USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions
1997 An infertility doctor in California announced that a 63-year-old woman had given birth in late 1996. The child was from a donor egg. The woman is the oldest known woman to give birth.
2004 U.S. President George W. Bush eased sanctions against Libya in return for Moammar Gadhafi’s agreement to give up weapons of mass destruction.
2005 The first YouTube video is posted The 18-second clip “Me at the zoo” shows co-founder Jawed Karim at San Diego Zoo.
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
