On This Day: What happened on 23 June?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 23 June, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

1946 | A group of White men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters after Gandhi’s call to stop white ‘hooliganism’ at a prayer.

1956 | General Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt.

1976 | The U.S. vetoes Angola’s application for membership of the United Nations Security.

1996 | Archbishop Tutu retires as Archbishop of Cape Town and head of the Anglican Church in SA.

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DEATHS

1885 | Nubian Sufi Religious leader, Muhammad Ahmad (40)

1893 | British – South African statesman, Theophilus Shepstone (76)

1915 | Egyptian film director and screenwriter, Salah Abu Seif (81)

BIRTHDAYS

1879 | Egyptian feminist and journalist, Huda Sha’arawi

1904 | South-African cricketer, Quintin McMillan

1919 | Algerian politician and President of Algeria, Mohamed Boudiaf

SPORT

2009 | South Africa’s Emerging Springboks draw 13-13 with British & Irish Lions in Cape Town match during the Lions tour of South Africa.

2010 | Ghana advances to the knockout stages after Group D matches in the FIFA World Cup tournament.

2011 | Ivory Coast wins 4 – 2 against Denmark in Group F of the FIFA U-17 World Cup match and ultimately fails to make it to the knockout stages.

ENTERTAINMENT

1989 | The movie Batman opened in theaters, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson.

AFRICA FACT

Primary forests shrink by on average 40,000 square kilometres (or 0.6% of total remaining forest cover) each year with most significant losses in heavily-forested countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon.