June 23 in History

Historical Events on June 23

1780 American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).

1812 War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.

1865 American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.

1914 Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.

1959 Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

1961 Cold War: The Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent, comes into force after the opening date for signature set for the December 1, 1959.

1967 Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.

1973 A fire at a house in Hull, England which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale.

2016 The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.

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Famous Birthdays on June 23

1912 Alan Turing

1948 Clarence Thomas

1964 Joss Whedon

1972 Zinedine Zidane

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Famous Deaths on June 23

1914 Bhaktivinoda Thakur

1953 Albert Gleizes

1996 Ray Lindwall

2011 Peter Falk

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