June 23


Friday 23, 1989:

The movie Batman is released in the United States.


Friday 23, 1972:

Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.


Monday 23, 1958:

The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers.


Monday 23, 1941:

Lithuanian Activist Front initiates Lithuanian 1941 independence from the Soviet Union; it lasted only briefly as the Nazis occupied Lithuania a few weeks later.


Wednesday 23, 1858:

Six-year-old Edgardo Mortara is seized by Papal authorities.


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