1141 (probable) Malcolm IV of Scotland (d. 1165)

1185 Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)

1408 John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)

1420 George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia (d. 1471)

1464 Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1505)

1464 Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (d. 1521)

1484 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (d. 1558)

1500 Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1565)

1500 Johann Stumpf (writer), Swiss writer (d. 1576)

1512 Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. 1580)

1516 Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)

1564 William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (d. 1616)

1598 Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)

1621 William Penn (Royal Navy officer), English admiral and politician (d. 1670)

1628 Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1704)

1661 Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (d. 1730)

1715 Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor (d. 1797)

1720 Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (d. 1797)

1744 Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (d. 1770)

1748 Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)

1791 James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)

1792 Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)

1794 Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author (d. 1856)

1805 Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)

1812 Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)

1813 Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State (d. 1861)

1813 Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (d. 1853)

1818 James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (d. 1894)

1819 Edward Stafford (politician), Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1901)

1853 Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)

1856 Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer (d. 1910)

1857 Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)

1858 Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1947)

1860 Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant (d. 1932)

1861 Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Egypt (d. 1936)

1861 John Peltz, American baseball player and manager (d. 1906)

1865 Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)

1867 Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1928)

1876 Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (d. 1925)

1880 Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1942)

1882 Albert Coates (musician), English composer and conductor (d. 1953)

1888 Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1967)

1889 Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)

1894 Frank Borzage, American actor and director (d. 1962)

1895 Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director (d. 1982)

1897 Folke Jansson, Swedish athlete (d. 1965)

1897 Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1972)

1898 Lucius D. Clay, American general (d. 1978)

1899 Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate (d. 1979)

1899 Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (d. 1982)

1900 Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1959)

1900 Joseph Green (actor), Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996)

1901 E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist (d. 1988)

1902 Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1998)

1903 Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general (d. 1974)

1904 Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner (d. 1980)

1904 Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2001)

1904 Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985)

1907 Lee Miller, American model and photographer (d. 1977)

1907 Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church (d. 1975)

1908 Myron Waldman, American animator and director (d. 2006)

1910 Sheila Scott Macintyre, Scottish mathematician (d. 1960)

1910 Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)

1911 Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)

1913 Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer, and club owner (d. 2013)

1915 Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman (d. 2000)

1916 Ivo Lola Ribar, Yugoslav communist politician, military leader, and People's Hero of Yugoslavia (d. 1943)

1916 Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator (d. 2009)

1916 Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist (d. 1982)

1917 Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008)

1917 Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)

1918 Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (d. 2009)

1919 Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel (d. 1963)

1920 Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman (d. 2018)

1921 Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States (d. 2012)

1921 Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (d. 2013)

1921 Janet Blair, American actress and singer (d. 2007)

1921 Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)

1923 Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (d. 2010)

1923 Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (d. 1993)

1924 Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout (d. 2019)

1924 Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader (d. 2007)

1926 J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright (d. 2017)

1926 Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990)

1928 Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (d. 2014)

1929 George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (d. 2020)

1932 Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990)

1932 Jim Fixx, American runner and author (d. 1984)

1933 Annie Easley, American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 2011)

1934 George Canseco, Filipino composer and producer (d. 2004)

1936 Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)

1937 Victoria Glendinning, English author and critic

1937 David Mills (cricketer), English cricketer (d. 2013)

1937 Barry Shepherd, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)

1939 Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter (d. 2022)

1939 Bill Hagerty (newspaper editor), English journalist

1939 Lee Majors, American actor

1939 Ray Peterson, American pop singer (d. 2005)

1940 Michael Copps, American academic and politician

1940 Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)

1940 Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)

1941 Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress

1941 Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (d. 2018)

1941 Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland

1941 Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema (d. 2019)

1941 Ed Stewart, English radio and television host (d. 2016)

1941 Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (d. 2016)

1942 Sandra Dee, American model and actress (d. 2005)

1943 Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach

1943 Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2021)

1943 Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter

1943 Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)

1944 Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director (d. 2021)

1946 Blair Brown, American actress

1946 Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (d. 2014)

1947 Robert Burgess (sociologist), English sociologist and academic (d. 2022)

1947 Glenn Cornick, English bass player (d. 2014)

1947 Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader and politician

1948 Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter

1948 Serge Thériault, Canadian actor

1949 Paul Collier, English economist and academic

1949 David Cross (musician), English violinist

1949 John Miles (musician), British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (d. 2021)

1950 Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist

1950 Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician

1951 Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter

1952 Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer

1953 James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1954 Stephen Dalton, English air marshal

1954 Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist

1955 Judy Davis, Australian actress

1955 Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)

1955 Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2008)

1955 Serge Vohor, Vanuatuan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (d. 2024)

1957 Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director

1957 Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)

1958 Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer

1958 Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1959 Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist

1960 Valerie Bertinelli, American actress

1960 Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1991)

1960 Barry Douglas (musician), Irish pianist and conductor

1960 Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1960 Claude Julien (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1961 George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host

1961 Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver

1962 John Hannah (actor), Scottish actor and producer

1962 Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician

1963 Paul Belmondo, French race car driver

1963 Robby Naish, American windsurfer

1964 Gianandrea Noseda, Italian pianist and conductor

1965 Leni Robredo, Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th Vice President of the Philippines

1966 Joerg Deisinger, German bass player

1966 Matt Freeman, American bass player

1966 Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (d. 1999)

1967 Rhéal Cormier, Canadian baseball player (d. 2021)

1967 Melina Kanakaredes, American actress

1968 Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.

1968 Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1968 Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator (d. 2001)

1969 Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach

1969 Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast (d. 2018)

1970 Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Ministry of European Union Affairs

1970 Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist

1970 Andrew Gee (rugby league), Australian rugby league player and manager

1970 Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author

1970 Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager

1971 Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer

1972 Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright

1972 Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist

1972 Amira Medunjanin, Bosnian singer

1973 Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player

1974 Carlos Dengler, American bass player

1974 Michael Kerr (rugby), New Zealand-German rugby player

1975 Bobby Shaw, American football player

1976 Gabriel Damon, American actor

1976 Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1977 John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor

1977 Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player

1977 David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach

1977 Willie Mitchell (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player

1977 John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

1977 Kal Penn, Indian-American actor

1977 Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist

1977 Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer

1978 Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner

1979 Barry Hawkins, English snooker player

1979 Jaime King, American actress and model

1979 Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and television personality

1979 Samppa Lajunen, Finnish skier

1980 Nicole den Dulk, Dutch Paralympic equestrian

1982 Kyle Beckerman, American footballer

1982 Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter

1983 Leon Andreasen, Danish international footballer

1983 Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player

1983 Ian Henderson (rugby league), English rugby league player

1984 Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player

1984 Moose (wrestler), American professional wrestler and football player

1984 Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor

1985 Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer

1986 Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater

1986 Alysia Montaño, American runner

1986 Rafael Fernandes (baseball), Brazilian baseball player

1987 Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer

1987 John Boye, Ghanaian footballer

1987 Emily Fox (basketball), American basketball player

1988 Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer

1988 Sandra Borch, Norwegian politician

1988 Alistair Brownlee, English triathlete

1988 Patrick Maroon, American ice hockey player

1988 Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater

1988 Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player

1989 Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player

1990 Rui Fonte, Portuguese footballer

1990 Dev Patel, English actor

1991 Britt Baker, American professional wrestler

1991 Nathan Baker (footballer), English footballer

1991 Caleb Johnson (singer), American singer-songwriter

1991 Kyle Juszczyk, American football player

1991 Paul Vaughan (rugby league), Australian-Italian rugby league player

1994 Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer

1994 Song Kang, South Korean actor

1995 Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality

1995 Jamie Hayter, English professional wrestler

1996 Carolina Alves (tennis), Brazilian tennis player

1997 Zach Apple, American swimmer

1999 Chaeyoung, South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter

1999 Laufey (singer), Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician

2000 Chloe Kim, American snowboarder

2000 Lee Je-no, South Korean rapper, vocalist and dancer

2018 Prince Louis of Wales

AD 303 Saint George, Roman soldier and martyr

AD 711 Childebert III, Frankish king (b. 670)

725 Wihtred of Kent

871 Æthelred of Wessex (b. 837)

915 Yang Shihou, Chinese general

944 Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman

990 Ekkehard II, Swiss monk and abbot

997 Adalbert of Prague, Czech bishop, missionary, and saint (b. 956)

1014 Brian Boru, Irish king (b. 941)

1014 Domnall mac Eimín, Mormaer of Mar

1016 Æthelred the Unready, English son of Edgar the Peaceful (b. 968)

1124 Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)

1151 Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103)

1170 Minamoto no Tametomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1139)

1196 Béla III of Hungary (b. )

1200 Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (b. 1130)

1217 Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)

1262 Aegidius of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi

1307 Joan of Acre (b. 1272)

1400 Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, English politician and nobleman (b. c. 1338)

1407 Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)

1501 Domenico della Rovere, Catholic cardinal (b. 1442)

1554 Gaspara Stampa, Italian poet (b. 1523)

1605 Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (b. 1551)

1616 William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (b. 1564)

1616 Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish writer and historian (b. 1539)

1625 Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)

1695 Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)

1702 Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)

1781 James Abercrombie (British Army officer, born 1706), Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)

1784 Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)

1792 Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)

1794 Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)

1827 Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)

1839 Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)

1850 William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)

1865 Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (b. 1838)

1889 Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)

1895 Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)

1905 Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)

1907 Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)

1915 Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)

1936 Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)

1951 Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)

1951 Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)

1959 Bak Jungyang, Korean politician (b. 1872)

1965 George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)

1966 George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)

1981 Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)

1983 Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)

1984 Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)

1985 Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)

1985 Frank Farrell (rugby league), Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)

1986 Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)

1986 Jim Laker, English international cricketer and sportscaster; holder of world record for most wickets taken in a match (b. 1922)

1986 Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)

1990 Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)

1991 Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)

1992 Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

1992 Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1912)

1993 Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (b. 1927)

1995 Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)

1995 Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)

1995 Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (b. 1904)

1995 John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)

1996 Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (b. 1913)

1996 P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (b. 1899)

1997 Denis Compton, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1918)

1998 Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)

1998 James Earl Ray, American Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1928)

1998 Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and Cretan lyra player (b. 1920)

2003 Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer (b. 1910)

2004 Herman Veenstra, Dutch water polo player (b. 1911)

2005 Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)

2005 Robert Farnon, Canadian-English trumpet player, composer and conductor (b. 1917)

2005 Al Grassby, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1928)

2005 John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)

2005 Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)

2005 Earl Wilson (baseball), American baseball player, coach and educator (b. 1934)

2006 Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (b. 1940)

2007 Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (b. 1932)

2007 David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)

2007 Peter Randall (GM), English sergeant (b. 1930)

2007 Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (b. 1931)

2010 Peter Porter (poet), Australian-born British poet (b. 1929)

2011 James Casey (variety artist), English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (b. 1922)

2011 Tom King (musician), American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)

2011 Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, English businessman and politician (b. 1921)

2011 Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of State (b. 1924)

2011 John Sullivan (writer), English screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)

2012 Lillemor Arvidsson, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 34th List of governors of Gotland County (b. 1943)

2012 Billy Bryans, Canadian drummer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)

2012 Chris Ethridge, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1947)

2012 Raymond Thorsteinsson, Canadian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1921)

2012 LeRoy T. Walker, American football player and coach (b. 1918)

2013 Bob Brozman, American guitarist (b. 1954)

2013 Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (b. 1943)

2013 Tony Grealish, English footballer (b. 1956)

2013 Antonio Maccanico, Italian banker and politician (b. 1924)

2013 Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)

2013 Kathryn Wasserman Davis, American philanthropist and scholar (b. 1907)

2014 Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (b. 1946)

2014 Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1959)

2014 Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (b. 1912)

2014 Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911)

2014 F. Michael Rogers, American general (b. 1921)

2014 Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (b. 1951)

2014 Patric Standford, English composer and educator (b. 1939)

2015 Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (b. 1944)

2015 Ray Jackson (Aboriginal activist), Australian activist (b. 1941)

2015 Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Senate (Canada) (b. 1950)

2015 Jim Steffen, American football player (b. 1936)

2015 Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (b. 1967)

2016 Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (b. 1915)

2016 Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister of Thailand from 1995 to 1996 (b. 1932)

2019 Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, American soprano singer and presenter (b. 1983)

2019 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1921)

2021 Dan Kaminsky, American internet security researcher (b. 1979)

2022 Orrin Hatch, American politician, President pro tempore of the United States Senate (b. 1934)

2024 Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead, British politician (b. 1942)

2024 Helen Vendler, American Literary Critic (b. 1933)

Christian Calendar of saints:

- Adalbert of Prague

- Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus

- Saint George

- Blessed Giles of Assisi

- Gerard of Toul

- Ibar of Beggerin

- Toyohiko Kagawa (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

- Saint George's Day and its related observances:

- Saint George's Day in Catalonia (Catalonia)

- Saint George's Day in England (England)

- April 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Canada Book Day (Canada)

Castile and León Day (Castile and León)

International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day

Khongjom Day (Manipur)

National Sovereignty and Children's Day (Turkey and Northern Cyprus)

Navy Day (China)

World Book Day

UN English Language Day (United Nations)

UN Spanish Language Day (United Nations)

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/23 BBC: On This Day]

[https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/23 Historical Events on April 23]