On This Day - April 23rd
Featured Event:
Voting for Eritrea's independence (1993) 🇪🇷
On this day in 1993, after a long history of foreign rule and decades of war, the small East African country of Eritrea began three days of voting on a referendum to make official its independence from Ethiopia.
Other Events:
1635: Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded. 🎒
1976: The American band the Ramones, which was hugely influential in the rise of punk rock on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, released its eponymous debut album. 🎸
1984: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler announced that researchers had found what was believed to be the virus that causes AIDS; the infectious agent was later named HIV. 🔬
2005: The first video on YouTube—which was of YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim's visit to the San Diego Zoo—was uploaded. 📹
Holidays:
World Book Day 🌎
Navy Day 🇨🇳
Khongjom Day 🇮🇳 (Manipur)
UN English and Spanish Language Day 🇺🇳
Featured Birthdays:
1564: William Shakespeare 🇬🇧 (Poet)
1791: James Buchanan 🇺🇸 (15th President)
1936: Roy Orbison 🇺🇸 (Rock Singer)
1977: John Cena 🇺🇸 (Wrestler)
Featured Deaths:
1616: William Shakespeare 🇬🇧 (Poet)
1998: James Earl Ray 🇺🇸 (Assassin)
2007: Boris Yeltsin 🇷🇺 (President)
సెలవులు:
ప్రపంచ పుస్తక దినోత్సవం 🌎
నౌకాదళ దినోత్సవం 🇨🇳
ఖొంగ్జోం దినోత్సవం 🇮🇳 (మణిపూర్)
ఐక్యరాజ్య సమితి ఆంగ్ల, స్పాన భాషా దినోత్సవం 🇺🇳