- 1789] Emptying the U-Haul: President-elect George Washington and his wife Martha move into the first executive mansion - the Franklin House in Manhattan...
- 1896] Pass the popcorn: The Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen in demonstrated in New York City...
- 1950] Laker legends: Led by George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers win their first NBA title by beating Syracuse in 6 games...1989] Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his final NBA game for the Lakers...
- 1954] Diamond dust: Henry Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hits the first of his 755 home runs off of ex-Yankee pitcher, Cardinal right-hander Vic Raschi...1964] Ken Johnson of Houston throws the first no-hitter for a loss. The Reds win the game on two Houston errors...
- 1969] Guilty as charged: Sirhan B. Sirhan is sentenced to death for the assassination of New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The sentence is later reduced to life in prison which Sirhan is now serving in California...
- 1985] Ain't nothing like the real thing baby: Coca Cola changes its 99-year old secret formula but "New Coke" fizzes out and they go back to the original formula...
- 1988] Smoking permitted outside planes only: A U.S. federal law takes effect banning smoking on flights under 2 hours...
- 1993] 'Happy Trails': Labor leader Cesar Chavez dies in his sleep at 66...1995] Howard Cosell dies at 77 from a heart embolism...1998] James Earl Ray, who denied killing Martin Luther King Jr. dies from kidney disease in prison at 70...
- 2003] SARS ban: Global health officials warn travelers to avoid Bejing and Toronto because of an outbreak of SARS, a potentially deadly disease...
- 2004] Sanc you very much: President George W. Bush eases Reagan-era sanctions against Libya in return for Moammar Qaddafi's giving up weapons of mass destruction...For more on April 23rd: C L I C K:
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