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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 23
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Arthur Frackenpohl in Irving, New Jersey, USA; composer (Natural Superiority of Music).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Malcolm Anson; CEO (Wessex Water Authority, England).
- 100th: 1924 - British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Niklaus Schilling in Basel, Germany; director (Dormire, Atem, Rheingold).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Sandra Dee [Alexandra Zuck] in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; actress (Gidget, A Summer Place, Tammy and the Doctor, Imitation of Life).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Michael Moore; documentary film maker.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Dan Frischman in Whippany, New Jersey, USA; actor (Arvid Engen - Head of the Class).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of General [Simon Matthews]; English pop drummer (Jesus Jones - "Zeroes and Ones").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Martin Lopez-Zubero; Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200 metre).
- 60th: 1964 - Houston Colt 45s' Ken Johnson becomes first major league pitcher to lose a 9-inning no-hitter, Cincinnati Reds win 1-0.
- 60th: 1964 - New York State Theater opens.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Joey Kent; wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Sam Madison; cornerback (Miami Dolphins).
- 50th: 1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan.
- 50th: 1974 - Carl Barnett dies at age 59 of a heart attack while conducting Bach's Come, Sweet Death at the Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- 40th: 1984 - In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurs.
- 40th: 1984 - August "Guus" Oster, actor/director (Carrie), dies at age 68.
- 30th: 1994 - Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives, Haiti.
- 30th: 1994 - Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at age 30.
- 30th: 1994 - General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke.
- 15th: 2009 - In Baghdad, Iraq, two suicide bombers blow themselves up in separate attacks, killing 76 people.
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