Category: This Day In History June 23

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This Day in History for June 23

Historic Events:

1314 - Battle of Bannockburn
1894 - The International Olympic Committee is founded.
2001 - An 8.4 earthquake shaked southern Peru. A tsunami followed killing 74 people.

Famous Birthdays:

1884 - Cyclone Taylor, Canadian professional ice hockey player and civil servant.
1887 - Canada created the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
1911 - Maria Philipsen-Braun, Gold medal-winning Dutch Olympic swimmer and six-time former world record holder.
1923 - Anna Chennault, Washington, D.C. socialite.
1936 - Yuji Ichioka, American historian and civil rights activist.
1974 - Joel Edgerton, Australian actor and filmmaker.

Famous Deaths:

1995 - Jonas Salk, developed one of the first successful polio vaccines.
1997 - Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X.
2011 - Peter Falk, American actor, known for the lead role in the hit TV show Columbo.
2015 - Dick Van Patten, American actor.
2023 - Jesse Reynolds, American bluegrass musician.

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Maria Johanna (Braun) Philipsen-Braun 22 Jun 1911 Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland - 23 Jun 1982

Anna (Chen) Chennault 23 Jun 1923 Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China - 30 Mar 2018

Peter Falk 16 Sep 1927 New York City, New York, United States - 23 Jun 2011

Yuji Ichioka 23 Jun 1936 San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States - 01 Sep 2002

Jesse McReynolds 09 Jul 1929 Carfax, Wise County, Virginia, United States - 23 Jun 2023

Jonas Salk 28 Oct 1914 New York City, New York, United States - 23 Jun 1995

Betty (Sanders) Shabazz 28 May 1934 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 23 Jun 1997

Frederick Taylor 23 Jun 1884 Tara, Ontario, Canada - 09 Jun 1979

Richard Van Patten 09 Dec 1928 Kew Gardens, Queens, New York City, New York, United States - 23 Jun 2015

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