Santo Domingo.- The events of April 23rd April, are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main events of April 23rd:
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- International Book Day.
- Spanish Language Day.
- International Noise Awareness Day. It is remembered every year on the last Wednesday of April. In 2025 it is April 23.
Saint’s Day: Saints George, Felix, Fortunatus, Gerard, Achilles, and Adalbert.
National: April 23rd Anniversaries
- 1655: The invasion of the national territory by English pirates, commanded by Admiral Willian Pen and General Roberto Venables, begins.
- 1844: The Central Governing Board informs the people about the victory of the national flotilla against Haitian ships.
- 1899: Poet, writer, and politician Félix María del Monte dies in Santo Domingo.
- 1902: Vice President Horacio Vásquez takes up arms against President Juan Isidro Jimenes, whom he disavows through a manifesto.
- 1951: The Executive Branch institutes April 23 as Book Day, in honor of Miguel de Cervantes.
- 1962: Juan Isidro Jimenes Grullón is elected president of the Social Democratic Alliance party, in Santiago.
- 1963: A strike at the Dominican Industrial Society generates a shortage of peanut oil.
- 1965: General Marcos Rivera Cuesta orders arrests for conspiracy against the Triumvirate.
- -That same day, the U.S. Department of State calls its ambassador William Tapley Bennet for consultations on the Dominican crisis.
- 1966: The Inter-American Peace Force transfers control of critical areas of Ciudad Nueva to the Dominican Armed Forces.
- 1975: José Francisco Peña Gómez demands President Balaguer to return the remains of Francisco Caamaño and his companions.
- 1983: Publication of the work Conferences and articles by Professor Juan Bosch.
- 1984: Security agencies detain left-wing leaders in the face of threats of protests: Narciso Isa Conde, Hamlet Hermann, among others.
- 1999: Fernando Tatis connects two grand slams in the same inning against the same pitcher, at Dodger Stadium.
- 2011: Lawyer, writer, and National Literature Prize winner Víctor Villegas dies at the age of 85.
- 2013: Colonel Julián Suárez Cordero is assassinated during protests at the UASD; a private and a civilian are also injured.
- 2019: The Attorney General’s Office justifies phone interceptions of opponents and judges, assuring that they are legal.
- 2020: The Ministry of Health reports the death from COVID-19 of four children, debunking theories of childhood immunity.
International: April 23rd Anniversaries
- 1014: Irish king Brian Boru dies in the Battle of Clontarf against Vikings.
- 1564: William Shakespeare is born, who would die on the same day in 1616.
- 1616: Miguel de Cervantes, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and Shakespeare die, according to different calendars.
- 1633: The Heilbronn League is formed, a Protestant alliance against Catholic imperialists.
- 1844: The Annals of the University of Chile begin to be published, the oldest scientific publication in America.
- 1891: Jews are expelled from Moscow.
- 1945: Soviet troops surround Berlin; Joseph Goebbels positions himself as Hitler’s successor.
- 1967: Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in the first fatal accident of the space race (Soyuz).
- 1985: Coca-Cola changes its original formula, sparking criticism; days later, it returns to its classic recipe.
- -Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín announces a policy of “war economy”.
- 1990: Namibia is officially admitted as a member of the UN.
- 1995: Teresa Berganza is the first woman to enter the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.
- 2007: Boris Yeltsin, former president of Russia, dies.
- 2012: Honduran presenter Noel Valladares is murdered in Tegucigalpa.
- 2013: Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are identified as the perpetrators of the Boston bombing.
- 2019: In Brazil, Jorge Barata reveals keys to the Odebrecht corruption system in Peru.
- -The Florida Senate approves a law allowing teachers to carry weapons in schools.
- 2020: WHO reports more than 2.5 million infections and 175,694 deaths from COVID-19.
- 2023: Alejandro Toledo, former president of Peru, is extradited from the US for the Odebrecht case.
Births: April 23rd Anniversaries
- 1564: William Shakespeare, English playwright, symbol of universal literature.
- 1926: James Patrick Donleavy, American writer of Irish origin.
- 1999: Chaeyoung, member of the group Twice.
- 2018: Louis of Wales, Prince of the United Kingdom.
Deaths: April 23rd Anniversaries
- 1616: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, mestizo chronicler of colonial Peru.
- 1616: William Shakespeare, British playwright (according to the Julian calendar).
- 1899: Félix María del Monte, Dominican poet and politician.
- 2011: Víctor Villegas, Dominican writer.
- 2007: Boris Yeltsin, former Russian president.
