On this day
April 23
215 BC - A temple is built on Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
1348 - The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III of England is announced on St George's Day.
1597 - Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance.
1920 - The Grand National Assembly of Turkey was founded in Ankara.
1942 - World War II: Baedeker Blitz – German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
1974 - A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 crashes in Bali, Indonesia, killing 107.
1985 - Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. (The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months).
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