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What happened in history on this day: June 23?
On June 23 in ...
- 1784 - First US balloon flight (13-year-old Edward Warren).
- 1860 - US Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
- 1860 - US Secret Service is created.
- 1865 - At Fort Towson, Indian Territory, Confederate States of America General Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable army.
- 1925 - Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre, Wyoming, USA).
- 1931 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to accomplish the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane.
- 1938 - US Civil Aeronautics Authority established.
- 1938 - Marineland opens in Florida, USA; first aquarium.
- 1944 - Four tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153.
- 1947 - US President Harry Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by Congress.
- 1951 - Most expensive US hailstorm (US$1.5 million crop damage and US$14 million property - Kansas).
- 1954 - 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Overton, Nevada (state record).
- 1963 - The Enchanted Tiki Room attraction opens in Adventureland at Disneyland. This is the first attraction with sophisticated Audio-Animatronic figures, 225 of them.
- 1967 - US President Lyndon Johnson and Alexei Kosygin hold first of two summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey.
- 1967 - US Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (Democrat-Connecticut) for misusing campaign funds.
- 1969 - Warren E Burger sworn in as US Supreme Court Chief Justice.
- 1972 - Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history.
- 1972 - US President Richard Nixon and Chief of Staff Harry Haldeman agree to use Central Intelligence Agency to cover up Watergate.
- 1972 - US President Richard Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports.
- 1981 - Amanda Maccaro becomes first American to win Russian Ballet Competition.
- 1986 - Tip O'Neill refuses to let US President Ronald Reagan address House.
- 1992 - Mafia boss John Gotti is sentenced to life in prison, after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering on April 2.
- 2003 - The Supreme Court of the United States upholds affirmative action in university admissions.
- 2006 - In Miami, Florida, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests seven men, accusing them of planning to bomb the Sears Tower and other attacks in Miami.
- 2010 - US General Stanley McChrystal is forced to resign as US commander of forces in Afghanistan, replaced by General David Petraeus.
- 2016 - The US Supreme Court upholds (4-3 decision) the right of the University of Texas to give consideration to skin color when admitting students.
- 2022 - The US Supreme Court rules the 2nd Amendment provision to "keep and bear arms" does not allow individual states to use any discretion when issuing concealed-carry licences.
Births on June 23
- 1876 - Birth of Irvin S Cobb in Kentucky, USA; writer/humorist (Old Judge Priest).
- 1887 - Birth of John Finley Williamson in Canton, Ohio, USA; conductor (Westminster Choir).
- 1902 - Birth of Dr Howard T Engstrom in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; a designer of Univac computer.
- 1916 - Birth of Irene Worth in Nebraska, USA; actress (Deathtrap, Nicolas and Alexandra).
- 1922 - Birth of Francis Thorne in Bay Shore, New York, USA; composer (Burlesque Overture).
- 1925 - Birth of Larry Blyden AKA Ivan Lawrence Blieden in Houston, Texas, USA; TV actor (Joe & Mabel, Harry's Girls), game show host (What's My Line).
- 1927 - Birth of Bob Fosse in Chicago, Illinois, USA; choreographer/director (Cabaret, Damn Yankees).
- 1929 - Birth of June Carter in Scott County, Virginia, USA; singer (Johnny Cash Show), songwriter ("Ring of Fire"), actress and comedian (Carter Family), second wife of singer Johnny Cash.
- 1930 - Birth of Donn F Eisele in Columbus, Ohio, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Apollo 7).
- 1946 - Birth of Russ Thacker in Washington DC, USA; producer (Golden Seal).
- 1946 - Birth of Ted Shackelford in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Knots Landing, The Young and The Restless, Dallas).
- 1964 - Birth of Joey Allen in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie).
- 1964 - Birth of Trent Bushey in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA; actor (David Rampal - All My Children).
Deaths on June 23
- 1975 - Death of Ivy Baker Priest, US Treasurer.
- 2003 - Death of Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (born 1938).
- 2006 - Death of Aaron Spelling in Los Angeles at age 83; television producer (The Mod Squad, Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Starsky and Hutch, Family, Hotel, The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Vega$, Hart to Hart, Dynasty, The Colbys, T.J. Hooker, Nightingales, Kindred: The Embraced, 7th Heaven, Burke's Law, Honey West, S.W.A.T.).
- 2009 - Longtime Johnny Carson announcer/sidekick (The Tonight Show for 30 years) Ed McMahon dies at age 86 in California; host of Star Search from 1983 to 1995, co-host of Bloopers and Practical Jokes from 1982 to 1986, and emceed game shows Missing Links, Snap Judgment, Concentration, and Whodunnit!.
- 2016 - Death of Michael Herr, American writer, journalist and screenwriter (born 1940).
- 2023 - Death of Paxton Whitehead at age 85 following a fall, in Arlington, Virginia, USA; actor (Friends TV show, Mad About You TV show).
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