Historical Events on April 23.

1.  Historical events in Indian and world history on April 23.

2.  1635, 23rd April: The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, was founded in Boston.

3.  1921, 23rd April: Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from his job as an Indian Civil Servant in England and came back to India.

4.  1971, 23rd April: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacred approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

5.  1990, 23rd April: Namibia joined the United Nations.

6.  1995, 23rd April: World Book and Copyright Day celebrated for the first time.

7.  2005, 23rd April: The first-ever YouTubevideo, Me at the zoo, was uploaded.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 23.

1.  1791: James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States. 

2.  1858: Max Planck, a German theoretical physicist.

3.  1858: Pandita Ramabai, an Indian female feminist, women’s rights & education activist.

4.  1873: Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde, an Indian social and religious reformer.

5.  1927: Annapurna Devi, an Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of Hindustani classical music.

6.  1935: Kakkanadan, an Indian short story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language.

7.  1938: S. Janaki, an Indian playback singer.

8.  1969: Manoj Bajpai, an Indian film actor.

9.  1977: John Cena, an American professional wrestler, actor, and television presenter.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 23.

1.  1616: William Shakespeare, an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language.

2.  1850: William Wordsworth, an English Romantic poet.

3.  1968: Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist.

4.  1992: Satyajit Ray, an Indian film director, writer, illustrator, and music composer.

5.  2013: Shamshad Begum, an Indian singer.