April 23

Events

• 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
• 599 - Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city.
• 711 - Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks.
• 1014 - Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
• 1016 - Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England.
• 1343 - St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia.
• 1348 - The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day.
• 1516 - The Munich Reinheitsgebot takes effect in all of Bavaria.
• 1521 - Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
• 1635 - The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
• 1655 - The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
• 1660 - Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.
• 1661 - King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
• 1815 - The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
• 1879 - Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
• 1914 - First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
• 1918 - World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
• 1920 - The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
• 1927 - Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
• 1935 - The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
• 1940 - The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
• 1941 - World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
• 1942 - World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
• 1945 - World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Hitler that the telegram is treasonous.
• 1946 - Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
• 1949 - Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• 1951 - Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
• 1961 - Algiers putsch by French generals.
• 1967 - Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
• 1968 - Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
• 1971 - Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan.
• 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 three months.
• 1990 - Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1993 - Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
• 1993 - Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
• 1999 - NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• 2005 - The first ever YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
• 2013 - At least 28 people are killed and more than 70 are injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.
• 2018 - A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
• 2019 - The 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers.

  Births

• 1141 - Malcolm IV of Scotland
• 1185 - Afonso II of Portugal
• 1408 - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford
• 1420 - George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia
• 1464 - Joan of France, Duchess of Berry
• 1464 - Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer
• 1484 - Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar
• 1500 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic
• 1500 - Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer
• 1512 - Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford
• 1516 - Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist
• 1598 - Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral
• 1621 - William Penn, English admiral and politician
• 1628 - Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician
• 1661 - Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat
• 1715 - Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor
• 1720 - Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author
• 1744 - Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
• 1748 - Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist
• 1791 - James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States
• 1792 - Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist
• 1794 - Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author
• 1805 - Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic
• 1812 - Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1813 - Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State
• 1813 - Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar
• 1818 - James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor
• 1819 - Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1853 - Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts
• 1856 - Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer
• 1857 - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer
• 1858 - Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1860 - Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant
• 1861 - Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt
• 1861 - John Peltz, American baseball player and manager
• 1865 - Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general
• 1867 - Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1876 - Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author
• 1880 - Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer
• 1882 - Albert Coates, English composer and conductor
• 1888 - Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada
• 1889 - Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral
• 1893 - Frank Borzage, American actor and director
• 1895 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director
• 1897 - Folke Jansson, American general
• 1897 - Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1898 - Lucius D. Clay, American general
• 1899 - Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1899 - Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult
• 1900 - Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1900 - Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director
• 1901 - E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist
• 1902 - Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1903 - Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general
• 1904 - Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner
• 1904 - Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter
• 1904 - Duncan Renaldo, American actor
• 1907 - Lee Miller, American model and photographer
• 1907 - Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church
• 1908 - Myron Waldman, American animator and director
• 1910 - Sheila Scott Macintyre, Scottish mathematician
• 1910 - Simone Simon, French actress
• 1911 - Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1913 - Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer and club owner
• 1915 - Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman
• 1916 - Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator
• 1916 - Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist
• 1917 - Dorian Leigh, American model
• 1917 - Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach
• 1918 - Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter
• 1919 - Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel
• 1920 - Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman
• 1921 - Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States
• 1921 - Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop
• 1921 - Janet Blair, American actress and singer
• 1921 - Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach
• 1923 - Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas
• 1923 - Avram Davidson, American soldier and author
• 1924 - Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout
• 1924 - Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader
• 1926 - J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright
• 1926 - Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician
• 1928 - Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat
• 1929 - George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic
• 1932 - Halston, American fashion designer
• 1932 - Jim Fixx, American runner and author
• 1933 - Annie Easley, American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer
• 1934 - George Canseco, Filipino composer and producer
• 1936 - Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter
• 1937 - Victoria Glendinning, English author and critic
• 1937 - David Mills, English cricketer
• 1937 - Barry Shepherd, Australian cricketer
• 1939 - Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter
• 1939 - Bill Hagerty, English journalist
• 1939 - Lee Majors, American actor
• 1939 - Ray Peterson, American pop singer
• 1940 - Michael Copps, American academic and politician
• 1940 - Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 - Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager
• 1941 - Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress
• 1941 - Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer
• 1941 - Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland
• 1941 - Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema
• 1941 - Ed Stewart, English radio and television host
• 1941 - Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer
• 1942 - Sandra Dee, American model and actress
• 1943 - Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach
• 1943 - Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1943 - Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
• 1943 - Hervé Villechaize, French actor
• 1944 - Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director
• 1946 - Blair Brown, American actress
• 1946 - Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist
• 1947 - Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic
• 1947 - Glenn Cornick, English bass player
• 1947 - Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader and politician
• 1948 - Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter
• 1948 - Serge Thériault, Canadian actor
• 1949 - Paul Collier, English economist and academic
• 1949 - David Cross, English violinist
• 1949 - John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist
• 1950 - Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist
• 1950 - Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
• 1951 - Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
• 1952 - Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1953 - James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 - Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
• 1954 - Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
• 1955 - Judy Davis, Australian actress
• 1955 - Tony Miles, English chess player
• 1955 - Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author
• 1957 - Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
• 1957 - Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian
• 1958 - Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer
• 1958 - Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 - Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist
• 1960 - Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
• 1960 - Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1960 - Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
• 1960 - Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1960 - Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 - George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
• 1961 - Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver
• 1962 - John Hannah, Scottish actor and producer
• 1962 - Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician
• 1963 - Paul Belmondo, French race car driver
• 1963 - Robby Naish, American windsurfer
• 1964 - Gianandrea Noseda, Italian pianist and conductor
• 1965 - Leni Robredo, Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
• 1966 - Jörg Deisinger, German bass player
• 1966 - Matt Freeman, American bass player
• 1966 - Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster
• 1967 - Rheal Cormier, Canadian baseball player
• 1967 - Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
• 1968 - Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
• 1968 - Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 - Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator
• 1969 - Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach
• 1969 - Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
• 1970 - Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs
• 1970 - Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist
• 1970 - Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager
• 1970 - Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author
• 1970 - Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager
• 1971 - Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer
• 1972 - Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright
• 1972 - Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist
• 1972 - Amira Medunjanin, singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1973 - Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 - Carlos Dengler, American bass player
• 1974 - Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player
• 1975 - Bobby Shaw, American football player
• 1976 - Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1977 - John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor
• 1977 - David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
• 1977 - Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 - John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 - Kal Penn, Indian-American actor
• 1977 - Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
• 1977 - Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer
• 1978 - Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner
• 1979 - Barry Hawkins, English snooker player
• 1979 - Jaime King, American actress and model
• 1979 - Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and television personality
• 1979 - Samppa Lajunen, Finnish skier
• 1982 - Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter
• 1983 - Leon Andreasen, Danish international footballer
• 1983 - Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player
• 1983 - Ian Henderson, English rugby league player
• 1984 - Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
• 1984 - Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor
• 1985 - Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
• 1986 - Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater
• 1986 - Alysia Montaño, American runner
• 1986 - Rafael Fernandes, Brazilian baseball player
• 1987 - Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1987 - John Boye, Ghanaian footballer
• 1987 - Emily Fox, American basketball player
• 1988 - Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
• 1988 - Alistair Brownlee, English triathlete
• 1988 - Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater
• 1988 - Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player
• 1989 - Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
• 1990 - Rui Fonte, Portuguese footballer, winger
• 1990 - Dev Patel, English actor
• 1991 - Nathan Baker, English footballer
• 1991 - Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter
• 1991 - Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player
• 1994 - Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer
• 1994 - Song Kang, South Korean actor
• 1995 - Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality
• 1997 - Zach Apple, American swimmer

  Deaths

• 303 - Saint George, Roman soldier and martyr
• 711 - Childebert III, Frankish king
• 725 - Wihtred of Kent
• 871 - Æthelred of Wessex
• 915 - Yang Shihou, Chinese general
• 944 - Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman
• 990 - Ekkehard II, Swiss monk and abbot
• 997 - Adalbert of Prague, Czech bishop, missionary, and saint
• 1014 - Brian Boru, Irish king
• 1014 - Domnall mac Eimín, Mormaer of Mar
• 1016 - Æthelred the Unready, English son of Edgar the Peaceful
• 1124 - Alexander I of Scotland
• 1151 - Adeliza of Louvain
• 1170 - Minamoto no Tametomo, Japanese samurai
• 1196 - Béla III of Hungary
• 1200 - Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher
• 1217 - Inge II of Norway
• 1262 - Aegidius of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi
• 1307 - Joan of Acre
• 1400 - Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, English politician and nobleman
• 1407 - Olivier de Clisson, French soldier
• 1501 - Domenico della Rovere, Catholic cardinal
• 1554 - Gaspara Stampa, Italian poet
• 1605 - Boris Godunov, Russian ruler
• 1616 - William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet
• 1625 - Maurice, Prince of Orange
• 1695 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author
• 1702 - Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends
• 1781 - James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician
• 1784 - Solomon I of Imereti
• 1792 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author
• 1794 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician
• 1827 - Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general
• 1839 - Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer
• 1850 - William Wordsworth, English poet and author
• 1889 - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic
• 1895 - Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist
• 1905 - Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec
• 1907 - Alferd Packer, American prospector
• 1915 - Rupert Brooke, English poet
• 1936 - Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author
• 1951 - Jules Berry, French actor and director
• 1951 - Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1959 - Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 - George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author
• 1966 - George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet
• 1981 - Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author
• 1983 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor
• 1984 - Red Garland, American pianist
• 1985 - Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician
• 1985 - Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman
• 1986 - Harold Arlen, American composer
• 1986 - Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1986 - Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer
• 1990 - Paulette Goddard, American actress
• 1991 - Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1992 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1992 - Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal
• 1993 - Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers
• 1995 - Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba
• 1995 - Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist
• 1995 - Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist
• 1995 - John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician
• 1996 - Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general
• 1996 - P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress
• 1997 - Denis Compton, English cricketer and footballer
• 1998 - Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece
• 1998 - James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• 1998 - Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and lyra player
• 2003 - Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer
• 2004 - Herman Veenstra, Dutch water polo player
• 2005 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland
• 2005 - Robert Farnon, Canadian-English trumpet player, composer and conductor
• 2005 - Al Grassby, Australian journalist and politician
• 2005 - John Mills, English actor
• 2005 - Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator
• 2005 - Earl Wilson, American baseball player, coach and educator
• 2006 - Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records
• 2007 - Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author
• 2007 - David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author
• 2007 - Peter Randall, English sergeant
• 2007 - Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia
• 2010 - Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet
• 2011 - James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer
• 2011 - Tom King, American guitarist and songwriter
• 2011 - Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, English businessman and politician
• 2011 - Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of State
• 2011 - John Sullivan, English screenwriter and producer
• 2012 - Lillemor Arvidsson, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 34th Governor of Gotland
• 2012 - Billy Bryans, Canadian drummer, songwriter and producer
• 2012 - Chris Ethridge, American bass player and songwriter
• 2012 - Raymond Thorsteinsson, Canadian geologist and paleontologist
• 2012 - LeRoy T. Walker, American football player and coach
• 2013 - Bob Brozman, American guitarist
• 2013 - Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician
• 2013 - Tony Grealish, English footballer
• 2013 - Antonio Maccanico, Italian banker and politician
• 2013 - Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic
• 2013 - Kathryn Wasserman Davis, American philanthropist and scholar
• 2014 - Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor
• 2014 - Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 2014 - Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates
• 2014 - Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach
• 2014 - F. Michael Rogers, American general
• 2014 - Mark Shand, English conservationist and author
• 2014 - Patric Standford, English composer and educator
• 2015 - Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic
• 2015 - Ray Jackson, Australian activist
• 2015 - Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate
• 2015 - Jim Steffen, American football player
• 2015 - Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator
• 2016 - Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor
• 2016 - Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister from 1995–1996
• 2019 - Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, American soprano singer and presenter

  Holidays and observances

• Castile and León Day
• Christian feast day:
• *Adalbert of Prague
• *Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus
• *George
• *Blessed Giles of Assisi
• *Gerard of Toul
• *Ibar of Beggerin
• *Toyohiko Kagawa
• *April 23
• Earliest day on which the first day of Children's Day can fall, while April 29 is the latest; celebrated on the last Saturday of April.
• Independence Day
• International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day
• Khongjom Day
• National Sovereignty and Children's Day
• Navy Day
• St George's Day and its related observances:
• *Canada Book Day
• *La Diada de Sant Jordi
• *World Book Day
• UN English Language Day