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| 23rd April Day of History |
April 23: National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey (1920)
- 1014 – Forces led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, defeated an alliance of Viking and Irish troops at the Battle of Clontarf, which ended with Brian's death.
- 1661 – Charles II was crowned King of England, Scotland, and Ireland at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1920 – The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the country's unicameral legislature, first met in Ankara in the midst of the Turkish War of Independence.
- 1954 – Batting for the Milwaukee Braves against Vic Raschi of the St. Louis Cardinals, Hank Aaron (pictured) hit the first of his 755 home runs in Major League Baseball.
- 2010 – Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed into law the controversial anti-illegal immigration bill SB 1070, much of which was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Béla III of Hungary (d. 1196)Joan of Acre (d. 1307)Roy Orbison (b. 1936)
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