Year 1635
The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, was founded in Boston.
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23 April: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 23 April.
Observances & Special Days
Khongjom Day (Manipur, India)
World Book & Copyright Day
Year 1774
British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand.
Year 1795
East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
Year 1921
Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from his job as an Indian Civil Servant in England and came back to India.
Year 1929
Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.
Year 1930
Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians were shot down after killing three Britishers.
Year 1938
Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydroelectric scheme at Malakand.
Year 1955
Political Committee of the Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
Year 1959
Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma
Year 1971
The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacred approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
Year 1987
Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
Year 1990
Namibia joined the United Nations.
Year 1991
Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab.
Year 1994
Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League.
Year 1995
World Book and Copyright Day celebrated for the first time.
Year 2005
The first-ever YouTubevideo, Me at the zoo, was uploaded.
Born 1504
Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born.
Born 1751
Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor-general of East India Company, was born.
Born 1791
James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States.
Born 1858
Max Planck, a German theoretical physicist.
Born 1858
Pandita Ramabai, an Indian female feminist, women’s rights & education activist.
Born 1873
Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde, an Indian social and religious reformer.
Born 1913
Dhananjay Vithal Keer, a famous biographer, was born.
Born 1927
Annapurna Devi, an Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of Hindustani classical music.
Born 1928
Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P.
Born 1935
Kakkanadan, an Indian short story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language.
Born 1938
S. Janaki, an Indian playback singer.
Born 1969
Manoj Bajpai, an Indian film actor.
Born 1977
John Cena, an American professional wrestler, actor, and television presenter.
Born 1977
Kal Penn, Indian-American actor
Died 1616
William Shakespeare, an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language.
Died 1850
William Wordsworth, an English Romantic poet.
Died 1926
Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away.
Died 1968
Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away.
Died 1992
Satyajit Ray, an Indian film director, writer, illustrator, and music composer.
Died 2013
Shamshad Begum, an Indian singer.