April 23rd, 1979

Born on April 23rd, 1979

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What happened on April 23rd, 1979?

April 23rd, 1979

Blair Peach, a British activist, was fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Blair_Peach

April 23rd, 1979

Blair Peach, a New Zealand teacher, was fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Blair_Peach

What else happened on April 23rd?

April 23rd, 1724

Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, illustrating the topic of the Good Shepherd in pastoral music.

April 23rd, 2018

A man intentionally struck pedestrians with a van on Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada, leading to 11 deaths.

April 23rd, 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.

April 23rd, 2009

The gamma-ray burst GRB 090423 was detected coming from the most distant astronomical object of any kind known at the time.

April 23rd, 1976

The American band the Ramones released their debut album, which became highly influential on the emerging punk rock movement.

April 23rd, 1971

The Rolling Stones released Sticky Fingers, the first album on their own label, Rolling Stones Records.

April 23rd, 1954

Batting for the Milwaukee Braves against Vic Raschi of the St. Louis Cardinals, Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 home runs in Major League Baseball.

April 23rd, 1951

American journalist William N. Oatis was arrested for espionage by the communist government of Czechoslovakia.

April 23rd, 1945

World War II: The US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenbürg concentration camp (pictured) in Germany, freeing 1,500 prisoners.

April 23rd, 1942

Second World War: In retaliation for the Royal Air Force's bombing of Lübeck, the Luftwaffe began a series of air raids across England, beginning with Exeter.

April 23rd, 1927

Cardiff City defeated Arsenal 1–0 in the FA Cup final (match programme pictured) in the only time the FA Cup has been won by a non-English team.

April 23rd, 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.

April 23rd, 1918

First World War: The British Royal Navy launched unsuccessful raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge in German-occupied Belgium.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 23rd

Born on April 23rd, 1979

45

Anne Schäfer

German actress

*April 23rd, 1979, Munich

36

Jishnu Raghavan

Indian actor

*April 23rd, 1979, Kannur †March 25th, 2016, Kochi

40

Nicolas Portal

French road bicycle racer

*April 23rd, 1979, Auch †March 3rd, 2020, Andorra la Vella

45

Jaime King

American actress and model

*April 23rd, 1979, Omaha

45

Joanna Krupa

Polish-American model and actress

*April 23rd, 1979, Warsaw

45

Carlos Silva

Venezuelan baseball player

*April 23rd, 1979, Ciudad Bolívar

45

Roberto Manrique

Ecuadorian actor and model

*April 23rd, 1979, Guayaquil

45

Brad Kroenig

American model

*April 23rd, 1979, St. Louis

45

Yana Gupta

Czech model and actress

*April 23rd, 1979, Brno

45

Wojciech Zielinski

Polish actor

*April 23rd, 1979, Łódź

45

Barry Hawkins

English snooker player (1979-)

*April 23rd, 1979, Ditton

45

Lauri Ylönen

Finnish rock singer

*April 23rd, 1979, Helsinki

45

Ryan Sinn

American musician

*April 23rd, 1979, Fremont

45

Astrid Schult

German film maker, film director, screenwriter and cinematographer

*April 23rd, 1979, Bad Nauheim

45

Tamee Harrison

Australian singer

*April 23rd, 1979, Perth

45

Samppa Lajunen

Finnish former Nordic combined skier

*April 23rd, 1979, Turku

45

Mac Tyer

French rapper

*April 23rd, 1979, Aubervilliers

45

Park Byung-joo

South Korean biathlete

*April 23rd, 1979, Gunsan

45

Kaan Taşaner

Turkish actor

*April 23rd, 1979, Antalya

45

Hellen Lukoma

Ugandan actress

*April 23rd, 1979, Uganda

45

Orlin Pavlov

Bulgarian singer and actor (born 1979)

*April 23rd, 1979, Sofia

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 23rd?

47

Eric Edelstein

American actor

*April 23rd, 1977, Patuxent River

47

Arash

Iranian singer

*April 23rd, 1977, Tehran

47

John Cena

American professional wrestler and actor and a BTS ARMY.

*April 23rd, 1977, West Newbury

47

Kal Penn

American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration

*April 23rd, 1977, Montclair

20

Wejdene

French R&B singer

*April 23rd, 2004, Saint-Denis

58

Franco Foda

German association football player and manager

*April 23rd, 1966, Mainz

28

Giuliana Farfalla

Transgender-Model

*April 23rd, 1996, Herbolzheim

29

Gigi Hadid

American fashion model and television personality (born 1995)

*April 23rd, 1995, Los Angeles

39

Tony Martin

German professional road bicycle racer

*April 23rd, 1985, Cottbus

44

Taio Cruz

British singer and songwriter

*April 23rd, 1980, London Borough of Brent

47

John Oliver

British-American comedian and television host

*April 23rd, 1977, Erdington

34

Mathias Jørgensen

Danish association football player (born 1990)

*April 23rd, 1990, Copenhagen

51

Dirk Bach

German actor, comedian and presenter (1961–2012)

*April 23rd, 1961, Cologne †October 1st, 2012, Berlin

97

Myron Waldman

American animator (1908-2006)

*April 23rd, 1908, Brooklyn †February 4th, 2006, Bethpage

34

Dev Patel

British actor (born 1990)

*April 23rd, 1990, Harrow

89

Max Planck

German theoretical physicist

*April 23rd, 1858, Kiel †October 4th, 1947, Göttingen

44

Marjorie de Sousa

Venezuelan actress and model

*April 23rd, 1980, Caracas

77

James Buchanan

President of the United States from 1857 to 1861

*April 23rd, 1791, Cove Gap †June 1st, 1868, Lancaster

38

Sven Kramer

Dutch speed skater

*April 23rd, 1986, Heerenveen

43

Javad Kazemian

Iranian footballer

*April 23rd, 1981, Kashan

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Chinese badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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