Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
June 23
| 1683 | William Penn signs a friendship treaty with the Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. | |
| 1700 | Russia gives up its Black Sea fleet as part of a truce with the Ottoman Empire. | |
| 1758 | British and Hanoverian armies defeat the French at Krefeld in Germany. | |
| 1760 | Austrian forces defeat the Prussians at Landshut, Germany. | |
| 1848 | A bloody insurrection of workers erupts in Paris. | |
| 1860 | The U.S. Secret Service is created to arrest counterfeiters and protect the president. | |
| 1863 | Confederate forces overwhelm a Union garrison at the Battle of Brasher City in Louisiana. | |
| 1865 | Confederate General Stand Watie surrenders his army at Fort Towson, in the Oklahoma Territory. | |
| 1884 | A Chinese Army defeats the French at Bacle, Indochina. | |
| 1885 | Former general and president Ulysses S. Grant dies at the age of 63. | |
| 1902 | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy renew the Triple Alliance for a 12-year duration. | |
| 1934 | Italy gains the right to colonize Albania after defeating the country. | |
| 1944 | In one of the largest air strikes of the war, the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force sends 761 bombers against the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. | |
| 1951 | Soviet U.N. delegate Jacob Malik proposes cease-fire discussions in the Korean War. | |
| 1952 | The U.S. Air Force bombs power plants on Yalu River, Korea. | |
| 1964 | Henry Cabot Lodge resigns as the U.S. envoy to Vietnam and is succeeded by Maxwell Taylor. | |
| 1966 | Civil Rights marchers in Mississippi are dispersed by tear gas. | |
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Born on June 23 |
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| 1876 | Irvin S. Cobb, U.S. writer, actor, and editor. | |
| 1894 | Edward VIII, King of England [1936]. | |
| 1894 | Alfred Kinsey, zoologist and sociologist. | |
| 1910 | Jean Anouilh, French playwright. | |
| 1912 | Alan M. Turing, English mathematician and pioneer of computer theory. | |
| 1927 | Bob Fosse, choreographer and director. | |
| 1940 | Wilma Rudolph, American athlete. | |
| 1943 | James Levine, pianist and conductor. | |
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