April 23


Wednesday 23, 2003:

Beijing closes all schools for two weeks due to the SARS virus.


Friday 23, 1993:

Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.


Tuesday 23, 1985:

New Coke, a marketing disaster is introduced.


Thursday 23, 1942:

World War II: Baedeker Blitz – German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.


Tuesday 23, 1867:

William Lincoln patents the zoetrope, a machine which shows animated pictures by mounting a strip of drawings in a wheel.


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